Selective depletion of rectal lamina propria rather than lymphoid aggregate CD4 lymphocytes in HIV infection
Clayton F;Snow G;Reka S;Kotler DP;;
clinical and experimental immunology1997Vol. 107pp. -
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f1997clinicalselective
Abstract
The goal of this study was to examine the changes in lymphocyte populations in rectal mucosa during HIV infection and to study their relationship to mucosal immunity and to systemic depletion of CD4 lymphocytes. Rectal biopsies from 58 HIV-infected subjects and eight controls were studied. Frozen re …