title: Cellular immune response to SIVmac and HIV-2 in macaques: model for the human HIV-1 infection.
abstract: SIV and HIV-2 infection of macaques has become a widely used model to study human HIV infection because the pathogenicity of, as well as the immune responses to, the viruses can be examined conveniently. In particular, the cellular immune responses to SIV or HIV-2 have been investigated thoroughly. This review summarizes the knowledge about helper and cytotoxic T-cell immunity in macaques, and it discusses the relevance and applications of this primate animal model for AIDS research.
authors.affiliation: Deutsches Primatenzentrum, Abteilung Virologie und Immunologie, Göttingen, Germany.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Voss
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Hunsmann
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D004195:Disease Models, Animal; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000276:immunology*; D015497:HIV-1 / Q000276:immunology*; D015498:HIV-2 / Q000276:immunology*; D006801:Humans; D007111:Immunity, Cellular; D008251:Macaca; D016097:Simian Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome / Q000276:immunology; D015302:Simian Immunodeficiency Virus / Q000276:immunology*; D013602:T-Lymphocytes, Cytotoxic / Q000276:immunology; D006377:T-Lymphocytes, Helper-Inducer / Q000276:immunology