HIV pathogenesis: Nef loses control.
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Abstract
In this issue of Cell, Schindler et al. (2006) show that the Nef protein from nonpathogenic strains of simian immunodeficiency virus (SIV) induces the downregulation of host T cell receptor/CD3, whereas Nef from human immunodeficiency virus (HIV-1) does not. This loss of function in the Nef of HIV-1 may partly explain the pathogenicity of this virus.
Medical subject headings
- Gene Products, nef
- HIV-1
- HIV-2
- Lentiviruses, Primate
- T-Lymphocytes