title: Telomeres and HIV-1 infection: in search of exhaustion.
abstract: Telomere length analysis could be helpful in determining if exhaustion and replicative senescence are involved in HIV-1 pathogenesis. Evidence that CD8+ T cells have shorter telomeres may point towards an increased turnover of CD8+ T cells and exhaustion of the CD8+ T-cell responses in HIV-1 infection. In CD4+ T cells, the relationship between telomere length and turnover remains controversial; however, telomere length analysis argues against exhaustion of CD4+ T cells.
authors.affiliation: Dept of Clinical Viro-Immunology, Central Laboratory of the Netherlands Red Cross Blood Transfusion Service, Amsterdam.
authors.forename: K C
authors.initials: KC
authors.lastname: Wolthers
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Miedema
mesh_terms: D015415:Biomarkers; D015496:CD4-Positive T-Lymphocytes / Q000276:immunology* / Q000821:virology; D018414:CD8-Positive T-Lymphocytes / Q000276:immunology* / Q000821:virology; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000235:genetics* / Q000276:immunology* / Q000473:pathology / Q000821:virology; D015497:HIV-1 / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D016615:Telomere
chemical_list: D015415:Biomarkers