PREVENTION OF AIDS IN HIV-INFECTED PEOPLE BY MEANS OF T-CELLS STIMULATED WITH MICROBIAL SUPERANTIGENS

Authors
ELOMAA E
Citation
E. Elomaa, PREVENTION OF AIDS IN HIV-INFECTED PEOPLE BY MEANS OF T-CELLS STIMULATED WITH MICROBIAL SUPERANTIGENS, Medical hypotheses, 40(6), 1993, pp. 377-378
Citations number
7
Categorie Soggetti
Medicine, Research & Experimental
Journal title
Medical hypotheses → ACNP
ISSN journal
03069877
Volume
40
Issue
6
Year of publication
1993
Pages
377 - 378
Database
ISI
SICI code
0306-9877(1993)40:6<377:POAIHP>2.0.ZU;2-Y
Abstract
It has been shown that neuroleukin, a secretary product of T cells, is partly homologous to HIV gp 120 envelope protein (3). Since HIV naive T cells sometimes induce the production of antibodies against HIV coa t proteins in a new host (1), it is suggested that the development of AIDS in HIV-infected people could be prevented by means of T cells sti mulated with superantigens of either bacterial (4) or viral origin (5, 6).