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Nuovi strumenti per espandere cellule T regolatorie di individui HIV-1-infetti
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Immunology and Infection
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JoVE Journal Immunology and Infection
New Tools to Expand Regulatory T Cells from HIV-1-infected Individuals

Nuovi strumenti per espandere cellule T regolatorie di individui HIV-1-infetti

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09:27 min

May 30, 2013

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09:27 min
May 30, 2013

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CD4+ Regulatory T cells are potent immune-modulators and serve important functions in immune homeostasis. The paucity of these cells in peripheral blood makes functional studies challenging, specifically in the context of HIV-1-infection. We here describe a method to isolate and expand functional CD4+ Tregs from peripheral blood from HIV-1-infected individuals.

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