Frontiers in Immunology, 2022 Natural killer (NK) cells are crucial for immune responses to viral infections. CD160 is an important NK cell activating receptor, with unknown function in HIV infection.
Zheng Sun +27 more
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Immunodeficiency in DiGeorge Syndrome and Options for Treating Cases with Complete Athymia. [PDF]
, 2013 The commonest association of thymic stromal deficiency resulting in T-cell immunodeficiency is the DiGeorge syndrome (DGS). This results from abnormal development of the third and fourth pharyngeal arches and is most commonly associated with a ...
Davies, EG
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Association of Tenofovir Use With Risk of Incident Heart Failure in HIV-Infected Patients. [PDF]
, 2017 BackgroundThe antiretroviral medication, tenofovir disoproxil fumarate (TDF), is used by most human immunodeficiency virus-infected persons in the United States despite higher risks of chronic kidney disease.
Chen, Ruijun +7 more
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Recurrent Vulvovaginal Candidiasis: Could It Be Related to Cell-Mediated Immunity Defect in Response to Candida Antigen? [PDF]
International Journal of Fertility and Sterility, 2017 Background Recurrent vulvovaginal candidiasis (RVVC) is a common cause of morbidity affecting millions of women worldwide. Patients with RVVC are thought to have an underlying immunologic defect.
Zahra Talaei +8 more
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Immune checkpoint deficiencies and autoimmune lymphoproliferative syndromes
Biomedical Journal, 2021 Autoimmune lymphoproliferative syndrome (ALPS) is an inherited non-malignant and non-infectious lymphoproliferative syndrome caused by mutations in genes affecting the extrinsic apoptotic pathway (FAS, FASL, CASP10).
Laura Gámez-Díaz, Bodo Grimbacher
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The comparative value of feline virology research: can findings from the feline lentiviral vaccine be translated to humans? [PDF]
, 2017 Feline immunodeficiency virus (FIV) is a lentivirus of domestic cats that shares several similarities with its human counterpart, human immunodeficiency virus (HIV).
Beczkowski, Paweł M. +5 more
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Frontiers in Public Health, 2022 Tuberculosis (TB) control programs use whole-genome sequencing (WGS) of Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) for detecting and investigating TB case clusters. Existence of few genomic differences between Mtb isolates might indicate TB cases are the result of
Kristin N. Nelson +11 more
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International Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2015 Data evaluating the screening practices for viral hepatitides and sexually transmitted infections (STIs) in patients presenting for non-occupational HIV post-exposure prophylaxis (nPEP) care are limited.
Nirojini Sivachandran +6 more
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Limited effectiveness of high-dose liposomal amphotericin B (AmBisome) for treatment of visceral leishmaniasis in an Ethiopian population with high HIV prevalence. [PDF]
, 2011 Due to unacceptably high mortality with pentavalent antimonials, Médecins Sans Frontières in 2006 began using liposomal amphotericin B (AmBisome) for visceral leishmaniasis (VL) patients in Ethiopia who were severely ill or positive for human ...
Aderie, Endashaw Mengistu +6 more
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Dual-acting stapled peptides target both HIV-1 entry and assembly [PDF]
, 2013 Background: Previously, we reported the conversion of the 12-mer linear and cell-impermeable peptide CAI to a cell-penetrating peptide NYAD-1 by using an i,i + 4 hydrocarbon stapling technique and confirmed its binding to the C-terminal domain (CTD ...
Bhargava, P. +12 more
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