In recent years, intense research efforts have been dedicated to elucidating the pathogenic
mechanisms of HIV-associated disease progression. In addition to the progressive depletion …

Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection leads to numerous perturbations of B cells
through mechanisms that remain elusive. We performed DNA microarray, phenotypic, and …

HIV infection induces a wide array of B cell dysfunctions. We have characterized the effect of
plasma viremia on the responsiveness of B cells to CD4+ T cell help in HIV-infected patients …

The human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) is an enveloped virus with a lipid bilayer
that contains several glycoproteins that are anchored in, or closely associated with, the …

Microbial signals have been linked to autoantibody induction. Recently, we found that
purified anti-CD4 autoantibodies from the plasma of chronic HIV-1-infected patients under …

Background: Polymorphisms in apolipoprotein E have been associated with worse
prognoses in numerous neurodegenerative conditions, including HIV dementia (HIVD) …

This review summarizes data on the presence and function of different heat shock proteins
(Hsp) in the HIV virions and the infected cells. A 60 kD heat shock protein-like molecule is …

In the last 30 years many research showed that high serum cholesterol level is a great risk
for the atherosclerosis. In recent years, it has become clear that the immune system has a …

Previously we detected more than 3 times higher anti-cholesterol antibody (ACHA) levels in
HIV positive patients compared to healthy individuals, however, this level significantly …

The GL7 epitope was originally described as part of a late lymphocyte activation antigen
expressed in mouse and widely used since then as a marker of germinal center. Here we …