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28 Publications Posted | Editor
Published:(2011)Characterization of Human Endogenous Retroviral Elements in the Blood of HIV-1-Infected Individuals.
Contreras-Galindo RA, Kaplan MH, Contreras-Galindo AC, Gonzalez-Hernandez M, Ferlengui I, Giusti F, Lorenzo E, Gitlin SD, Dosik MH, Yamamura Y, Markovitz DM.We previously reported finding the RNA of a type K human endogenous retrovirus, HERV-K (HML-2), at high titers in the plasma of HIV-1-infected and cancer patients (Contreras-Galindo, R., et al. 2008. ...
Published:(2011)Correlation between CD4 T cell counts and virus compartmentalization in genital and systemic compartments of HIV-infected females.
Chaudhary S, Noel RJ, Rodríguez N, Collado S, Munoz J, Kumar A, Yamamura Y.The majority of infection by the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV-1) across the world occurs by heterosexual transmission and is likely mediated by virus present in genital secretions. In spite of th...
Published:(2011)Distribution of HIV-1 Infection in Different T Lymphocyte Subsets: Antiretroviral Therapy-Naďve vs. Experienced Patients
Raul Perez, Sonia Gibson, Pablo Lopez, Ellen Koenig, Marisol De Castro and Yasuhiro YamamuraAbstract Memory CD4 T cells are the primary targets of HIV-1 infection, which then subsequently spreads to other T lymphocyte subsets. Antiretroviral therapy (ART) alters the pattern of HIV-1 distribu...