Immunological evaluation of human immunedeficiency virus infected individuals by flow cytometry

Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

I Neves Jr¹  Mg Morgado¹ 

[1] ,Instituto Oswaldo Cruz Departamento de Imunologia Laboratório de Aids e Imunologia MolecularRio de Janeiro RJ ,Brasil

关键词: human immunodeficiency virus/acquired immunodeficiency syndrome(HIV/Aids);    T lymphocyte subsets;    flow cytometry;   

DOI  :  10.1590/S0074-02762000000300016

来源: SciELO

【 摘 要 】

Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection heavily compromises the immune system. The decrease of the T cell CD4+ subset along the evolution to acquired immunodeficiency syndrome has been considered as a hallmark of HIV infection. In this paper we review some aspects of the immunopathology of HIV infection and discuss the importance of the flow cytometry for the evaluation of the T lymphocyte subsets in the follow-up of HIV infected children and adults, and for the monitoring of the immune reconstitution upon antiretroviral therapy.

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