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SUBMITTER: Sciaranghella G
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4601918 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Nov
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Sciaranghella Gaia G Wang Cuiwei C Hu Haihong H Anastos Kathryn K Merhi Zaher Z Nowicki Marek M Stanczyk Frank Z FZ Greenblatt Ruth M RM Cohen Mardge M Golub Elizabeth T ET Watts D Heather DH Alter Galit G Young Mary A MA Tsibris Athe M N AM
The Journal of infectious diseases 20150420 9
Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infectivity increases as receptor/coreceptor expression levels increase. We determined peripheral CD4, CCR5, and CXCR4 expression levels in HIV-uninfected women who used depot medroxyprogesterone acetate (DMPA; n = 32), the levonorgestrel-releasing intrauterine device (LNG-IUD; n = 27), oral contraceptive pills (n = 32), or no hormonal contraception (n = 33). The use of LNG-IUD increased the proportion of CD4(+) and CD8(+) T cells that expressed CCR5; increases ...[more]