Neonatal HIV-1 thymic infection
1994
The thymus is the primary site of T cell ontogeny and selection during fetal and neonatal development. Previous studies have established that the thymus is also a site of HIV-1 infection, as early as the first trimester of pregnancy. Alteration of the thymocyte maturation process by HIV-1 could impact on the peripheral T cell population and interfere with immune responses. A neonatal thymic organ culture system was established to study HIV-1 infection within the thymus. We have shown that this primary tissue isolate can support a productive HIV-1 infection
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