The discovery, in lymph nodes draining the intestinal tract, could help explain how the HIV virus evades the body’s immune defenses. The findings, based on a study with monkeys, are reported in the journal AIDS.
If the same pattern is found in people infected with HIV, it could lead to a treatment strategy that slows the production of the restraining type of T cell clearing the way for immune soldiers to go after the virus more aggressively.
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