Sex-specific innate immune selection of HIV-1 in utero is associated with increased female susceptibility to infection

Sex-specific innate immune selection of HIV-1 in utero is associated with increased female susceptibility to infection

Sex differences in the immune response to vaccines and infections have been well described in children and adults. Here the authors describe, in a cohort of 177 HIV-infected infants, innate immune sex differences in fetal life that increase female susceptibility to intrauterine HIV infection and inc...

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Main Authors: Emily Adland, Jane Millar, Nomonde Bengu, Maximilian Muenchhoff, Rowena Fillis, Kenneth Sprenger, Vuyokasi Ntlantsana, Julia Roider, Vinicius Vieira, Katya Govender, John Adamson, Nelisiwe Nxele, Christina Ochsenbauer, John Kappes, Luisa Mori, Jeroen van Lobenstein, Yeney Graza, Kogielambal Chinniah, Constant Kapongo, Roopesh Bhoola, Malini Krishna, Philippa C. Matthews, Ruth Penya Poderos, Marta Colomer Lluch, Maria C. Puertas, Julia G. Prado, Neil McKerrow, Moherndran Archary, Thumbi Ndung’u, Andreas Groll, Pieter Jooste, Javier Martinez-Picado, Marcus Altfeld, Philip Goulder
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Language:EN
Published: Nature Portfolio 2020
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Online Access:https://doaj.org/article/b55696a6d6ee44ba9f20d18889681d90
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