Perforin expression directly ex vivo by HIV-specific CD8 T-cells is a correlate of HIV elite control.

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Published in PLoS Pathog on May 27, 2010

Authors

Adam R Hersperger1, Florencia Pereyra, Martha Nason, Korey Demers, Prameet Sheth, Lucy Y Shin, Colin M Kovacs, Benigno Rodriguez, Scott F Sieg, Leia Teixeira-Johnson, Debbie Gudonis, Paul A Goepfert, Michael M Lederman, Ian Frank, George Makedonas, Rupert Kaul, Bruce D Walker, Michael R Betts

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1: Department of Microbiology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America.

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