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Indirect mechanisms of HIV pathogenesis: how does HIV kill T cells?

Curr Opin Immunol. 1994 Aug;6(4):605-15. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/95032864
Finkel TH; Banda NK; Department of Pediatrics, National Jewish Center for Immunology; and Respiratory Medicine, Denver, Colorado 80206.

Abstract: Although twelve years have passed since the identification of HIV as the cause of AIDS, we do not yet know how HIV kills its target, the CD4+ T cell, nor how this killing cripples the immune system. Prominent theories include direct killing of infected CD4+ T cells by the action or accumulation of cytopathic viral DNA, transcripts or proteins, or by virus-specific cytotoxic T lymphocytes, and indirect killing of uninfected CD4+ T cells (and other immune cells) by autoimmune mechanisms, cytokines, superantigens, or apoptosis. In the past year, studies have provided tantalizing clues as to why infected cells may not die and how these infected cells kill innocent bystander cells.
Keywords: Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome/IMMUNOLOGY Apoptosis/IMMUNOLOGY Cytotoxicity, Immunologic CD4-Positive T-Lymphocytes/*IMMUNOLOGY Human HIV Infections/*IMMUNOLOGY/VIROLOGY HIV-1/*PHYSIOLOGY Support, Non-U.S. Gov't Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S. JOURNAL ARTICLE REVIEW REVIEW, ACADEMICKWDacquiredimmunodeficiencysyndrome/immunologyapoptosis/immunologycytotoxicity,immunologiccd4-positivet-lymphocytes/KWDimmunologyhumanhivinfections/KWDimmunology/virologyhiv-1/KWDphysiologysupport,non-uKWDsKWDgov'tsupport,uKWDsKWDgov't,pKWDhKWDsKWDjournalarticlereviewreview,academic
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