Phagocytic function of monocytes in children with human immunodeficiency virus type 1 infection.
We investigated the phagocytic function of monocytes in 7- to 10-year-old children horizontally infected with human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) in comparison to that in healthy sex- and age-matched controls. CR3-mediated phagocytosis was increased in patients with HIV-associated pulmonary tuberculosis, independently of CD4 counts and p24 antigenemia.
Tardei
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St. S. Nicolau Institute of Virology, Bucharest, Romania. gtardei@hotmail.com
Duiculescu
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Capo
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Diaconu
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Mutiu
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Mege
J L
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Cernescu
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D017088:AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections / Q000097:blood / Q000276:immunology / Q000503:physiopathology; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D016655:HIV Core Protein p24 / Q000097:blood; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000097:blood / Q000276:immunology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D015497:HIV-1 / Q000276:immunology*; D006801:Humans; D016177:Macrophage-1 Antigen / Q000276:immunology; D008297:Male; D009000:Monocytes / Q000276:immunology*; D010587:Phagocytosis / Q000276:immunology*; D014397:Tuberculosis, Pulmonary / Q000097:blood / Q000276:immunology / Q000503:physiopathology
D016655:HIV Core Protein p24; D016177:Macrophage-1 Antigen