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TARGET CELL [1 record]

Record 1 2011-10-31

English

Subject field(s)
  • Microbiology and Parasitology
OBS

Main target of HIV [human immunodeficiency virus] are two white blood cells; the lymphocyte and the macrophage. In particular, a subset of lymphocytes called T4 cells are infected; the hallmark of AIDS is a depletion of the T4 population. Unlike T4 cells, the macrophage is not killed by HIV. It may serve as a reservoir for the virus.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Microbiologie et parasitologie
CONT

Le VIH [virus de l'immunodéficience humaine] est, tout comme les autres virus, un parasite intracellulaire : isolée, la particule virale est inerte; elle ne nuit que lorsqu'elle pénètre dans une cellule. Les infections virales débutent par la fixation des particules virales sur un récepteur membranaire des cellules cibles : c'est la molécule CD4 [cluster de différentiation 4] pour le VIH.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Microbiología y parasitología
DEF

Célula que presenta un antígeno combinado con moléculas del [...] complejo mayor de histocompatibilidad (familia de genes del cromosoma 6), en los linfocitos T citotóxicos.

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