Abstract
The structure of lymphatic tissues is an important component of lymphatic tissue T-cell homeostasis. Collagen deposition in lymphatic tissues (common in HIV infection) disrupts the niche and limits the size of the resident CD4 cell population. In this report we show that a single measurement of lymphatic tissue collagen predicts the magnitude of recovery of the peripheral CD4 cell pool with HAART (P < 0.001). This suggests that collagen-targeted therapies might be of benefit.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 2169-2171 |
Number of pages | 3 |
Journal | AIDS |
Volume | 19 |
Issue number | 18 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Dec 2005 |