Pitt Researchers Find Immune Cells May Play Previously Unrecognized Role In Inflammation In HIV/AIDS

Depleted numbers of a specific type of white blood cell in the immune systems of people infected with HIV/AIDS appear to be associated with increased levels of unchecked and often damaging inflammation in the body, University of Pittsburgh researchers have discovered. The low numbers of white blood cells, known as CD4+CD73+ T cells - named for the expression of certain proteins and enzymes on their surface - persist even when HIV is well-controlled with medications...

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