HIV and Tuberculosis co-infection impacts T-cell activation markers but not the numbers subset of regulatory T-cells in HIV-1 infected patients

• Main Authors: Moustapha Mbow (Author), Ndèye S.S. Santos (Author), Makhtar Camara (Author), Awa Ba (Author), Aliou Niang (Author), Géraldine Daneau (Author), Djibril Wade (Author), Abdou A. Diallo (Author), Maxim Toupane (Author), Maïmouna Diakhaté (Author), Nafissatou Lèye (Author), Papa A. Diaw (Author), Souleymane Mboup (Author), Luc Kestens (Author), Tandakha N. Dieye (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: AOSIS, 2013-09-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background: Tuberculosis (TB) has been shown to accelerate the clinical course of HIV infection, but the mechanisms by which this occurs are not well understood. Regulatory T-cells (Tregs)are known to dampen hyperactivation of the immune cells, but it remains unclear whether hyperactivation of T-cel...