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Gastrointestinal immune responses in HIV infected subjects
L R Castello-Branco1, D J Lewis, M B Ortigõ-de-Sampaio
1Departamento de Imunologia, Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil.
Memorias Do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz
|May 1, 1996
Abstract:
The gut associated lymphoid tissue is responsible for specific responses to intestinal antigens. During HIV infection, mucosal immune deficiency may account for the gastrointestinal infections. In this review we describe the humoral and cellular mucosal immune responses in normal and HIV-infected subjects.