Prospects for the control of AIDS patients by introducing defective-HIV harbouring leukocytes.
Introduction of leukocytes harbouring an artificially constructed defective HIV provirus into AIDS patients may result in inducing superinfection resistance against HIV and interfering with HIV receptors or replication of HIV. All these may slow down progression of the disease.
Berencsi
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Virology Branch, Semmelweis University Medical School, Budapest, Hungary.
Minárovits
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D000163:Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome / Q000276:immunology / Q000382:microbiology / Q000628:therapy*; D003673:Defective Viruses / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology; D006678:HIV / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology; D006801:Humans; D007962:Leukocytes / Q000382:microbiology; D011533:Proviruses / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology; D014779:Virus Replication