Oct 23, 2008

HIV-specific T-cells accumulate in the liver in HCV/HIV co-infection

PloS one
Bahareh Vali, Feng Yun Yue, R Brad Jones, Prameet M Sheth, Rupert Kaul, Michael R Betts, David Wong, Colin Kovacs, Mona Loutfy, Andrew Common, Roberta Halpenny, Mario A Ostrowski
CONCLUSION: The accumulation of functional HIV-specific T-cells in the liver during HCV/HIV co-infection may represent a bystander role for HIV in inducing faster progression of liver disease.