Early Regeneration of Thymic Progenitors in Rhesus Macaques Infected with Simian Immunodeficiency Virus

The thymus plays a critical role in the maturation and production of T lymphocytes and is a target of infection by human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and the related simian immunodeficiency virus (SIV). Using the SIV/macaque model of AIDS, we examined the early effects of SIV on the thymus. We found...

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Main Authors: Wykrzykowska, Joanna J., Rosenzweig, Michael, Veazey, Ronald S., Simon, Meredith A., Halvorsen, Katherine, Desrosiers, Ronald C., Johnson, R. Paul, Lackner, Andrew A.
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: The Rockefeller University Press 1998
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2212305/