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Review
. 2008 Feb;29(2):61-7.
doi: 10.1016/j.it.2007.10.008.

Is HIV infection a TNF receptor signalling-driven disease?

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Is HIV infection a TNF receptor signalling-driven disease?

Georges Herbein et al. Trends Immunol. 2008 Feb.

Abstract

Recent studies indicate that TNF (tumor necrosis factor) receptor signalling is a key player in HIV infection. HIV proteins have been shown to target TNF receptor signalling, leading both to apoptosis of uninfected bystander T cells and to sustained viral replication in infected T cells and macrophages. This article proposes a model that highlights the role of HIV proteins in the modulation of TNF receptor signalling and could explain both immune suppression and the formation of viral reservoirs during HIV infection.

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