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Neisseria gonorrhoeae-Induced Human Defensins 5 and 6 Increase HIV Infectivity: Role in Enhanced Transmission

Sexually transmitted infections (STIs) increase the likelihood of HIV transmission. Defensins are part of the innate mucosal immune response to STIs and therefore we investigated their role in HIV infection. We found that human defensins 5 and 6 (HD5 and HD6) promoted HIV infection, and this effect...

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Hauptverfasser: Klotman, Mary E., Rapista, Aprille, Teleshova, Natalia, Micsenyi, Amanda, Jarvis, Gary A., Lu, Wuyuan, Porter, Edith, Chang, Theresa L.
Format: Artigo
Sprache:Inglês
Veröffentlicht: 2008
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Online Zugang:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3042429/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18424739
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