HIV Reprograms Human Airway Basal Stem/Progenitor Cells to Acquire a Tissue-Destructive Phenotype

While highly active anti-retroviral therapy has dramatically improved the survival of HIV-infected individuals, there is an increased risk for other co-morbidities, such as COPD, manifesting as emphysema. Given that emphysema originates around the airways and that human airway basal cells (BCs) are...

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Main Authors: Nancy P.Y. Chung, Xuemei Ou, K.M. Faisal Khan, Jacqueline Salit, Robert J. Kaner, Ronald G. Crystal
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2017-05-01
Series:Cell Reports
Subjects:
HIV
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S221112471730520X