… chronic infection in a small portion of HIV-1 infected individuals (36, 37). … improved to maintain
concentrations required for protective … The vagina and ectocervix are covered by an intact …

… B-cells as well as high levels of the T helper 1 cell-associated … In addition, Siglec-1+ DCs
in cervical biopsies have been … patients is lower compared to HIV-1 infected AIDS patients (5, …

… HIV-1-infected cell cultures and the blood serum of infected patients (120). While exosomes
from latent HIV-1-infected … They proposed that IL-8 levels were elevated in individuals with …

… that may facilitate transmission include cervical and vaginal … Virus-specific T cells within
mucosal tissues play influential … in the periphery express low levels of inhibitory receptors, such …

… them as a mimic of challenge with HIV-1-infected cells. Here, we demonstrate … Animals were
sacrificed by cervical dislocation. … variables, such as the antibody levels, number of cytokine-…

… at low concentrations in long-term HIV-1 infected patients [34… regimen will establish long-term
vagina-resident HIV-specific … A.; Watkins, DI CD8+ T-lymphocyte response to major immuno…

… T lymphocyte subsets collected from maternal peripheral … in ovariectomized female mice
generated lower virus-specific … of TF HIV-1 infected CD4 T cells lead us to hypothesize that …

… Therefore, to determine if HIV infection induces virus-specific … and transcriptional profile of
TFRs during HIV-1 infected and … Inguinal, axillary or cervical LNs were obtained alongside a …

… The specific objective of this PhD thesis aims to determine the impact of cytotoxic T-lymphocyte
(… Motivation: In HIV-1–infected individuals, virus-specific CD8+ T cell responses that are …

… upregulated in the HIV-1 infected women relative to … levels of IL-17 following stimulation,
express higher levels of … molecules such as cytotoxic T-lymphocyte-associated protein …