Plasma levels of Transforming Growth Factor Beta in HIV-1 patients with oral candidiasis

• Main Authors: Alireza Izadi (Author), GolamReza Asadikaram (Author), Nozar Nakhaee (Author), Sanaz Hadizadeh (Author), Seyyed Amin Ayatollahi Mousavi (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences, 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background and Purpose: TGF-β is a potent regulator and suppressor of the immune system and overproduction of this cytokine may contribute to immunosuppression in HIV-infected patients. Increasing population of immunosuppressed patients has resulted in increasingly frequent of fungal infect...