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Monocytes Contribute to Differential Immune Pressure on R5 versus X4 HIV through the Adipocytokine Visfatin/NAMPT

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2012

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Rafaël Van den Bergh, Sébastien Morin, Hans Jürgen Sass, Stephan Grzesiek, Marc Vekemans, Éric Florence, Huyen Thanh Thi Tran, Rosina Gabriel Imiru, Leo Heyndríckx, Guido Vanham,
PLoS ONE

Abstract

As an innate factor produced by monocytes, visfatin is capable of inhibiting infections by R5 but not X4 strains, reflecting a potential selective pressure against R5 viruses.

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