title: Death ligand-mediated apoptosis in HIV infection.
abstract: Apoptosis has been suggested to cause severe CD4+ T cell depletion in patients infected with HIV. This review focuses on the biological events involved in death ligand-induced apoptosis during HIV infection. Among these ligands, TRAIL appears critical in HIV-infection. Death ligand-induced apoptosis might be a major pathogenic event in many virus-induced diseases including AIDS and the clarification of its mechanism will aid in the development of therapeutic strategies.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Viral Pathogenesis, Research Center for AIDS, Institute for Virus Research, Kyoto University, Japan. ymiura@virus.kyoto-u.ac.jp
authors.forename: Yoshiharu
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Miura
authors.forename: Yoshio
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Koyanagi
mesh_terms: D017209:Apoptosis; D051017:Apoptosis Regulatory Proteins; D002352:Carrier Proteins / Q000502:physiology; D000074049:Cytokine TWEAK; D053222:Fas Ligand Protein; D006678:HIV / Q000502:physiology*; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000503:physiopathology* / Q000821:virology; D006801:Humans; D008024:Ligands; D008562:Membrane Glycoproteins / Q000502:physiology*; D013601:T-Lymphocytes / Q000502:physiology* / Q000821:virology; D053221:TNF-Related Apoptosis-Inducing Ligand; D014409:Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha / Q000502:physiology*; D048069:Tumor Necrosis Factors
chemical_list: D051017:Apoptosis Regulatory Proteins; D002352:Carrier Proteins; D000074049:Cytokine TWEAK; C505661:FASLG protein, human; D053222:Fas Ligand Protein; D008024:Ligands; D008562:Membrane Glycoproteins; D053221:TNF-Related Apoptosis-Inducing Ligand; C505653:TNFSF10 protein, human; C109743:TNFSF12 protein, human; D014409:Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha; D048069:Tumor Necrosis Factors