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SUBMITTER: Dominguez-Molina B
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6295470 | biostudies-literature | 2018
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Dominguez-Molina Beatriz B Ferrando-Martinez Sara S Tarancon-Diez Laura L Hernandez-Quero Jose J Genebat Miguel M Vidal Francisco F Muñoz-Fernandez Mª Angeles MA Leal Manuel M Koup Richard R Ruiz-Mateos Ezequiel E
Frontiers in immunology 20181210
HIV-elite controllers are a minority group of HIV-infected patients with the ability to maintain undetectable HIV viremia for long time periods without antiretroviral treatment. A small group of HIV-controllers are also able to spontaneously clear the hepatitis C virus (HCV) whom we can refer to as "supercontrollers." There are no studies that explore immune correlates looking for the mechanisms implicated in this extraordinary phenomenon. Herein, we have analyzed HCV- and HIV-specific T-cell re ...[more]