Is Autoimmunity to CCR5 an Escape from the Intrusive HIV?
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Albeit strictly controlled in immune function and in ontogenesis, autoimmunity may develop upon inflammatory response to pathogens, with harmful consequences to host. Findings of autoimmune-like responses, observed in HIVinfected patients, might play a key role in modulating the natural history of the infection and/or could even confer protection to HIV. This paper will focus on a special class of auto-antibodies observed in HIV exposure, anti-CCR5 IgG and IgA and on their protective potential.
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