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Title: T cell marker identified that could help lead to improved treatment for HIV
Post by: Prince_Bernhard on February 08, 2019, 07:44:20 am

Researchers identify a T cell marker that could help lead to improved treatment for HIV, cancer patients (https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2019/02/190207173229.htm)

Date: February 7, 2019
Source: George Mason University

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Scientists have identified a measurable indicator that could prove instrumental in the fight against HIV. The research focuses on cofilin, a key protein that regulates cells to mobilize and fight against infection. HIV patients have 'significantly lower' levels of cofilin phosphorylation. But by stimulating the T cells with additional therapeutics, researchers could modulate the levels of cofilin activity needed to restore T cell mobility.

More information: https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2019/02/190207173229.htm (https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2019/02/190207173229.htm)

Scientific paper: Cofilin hyperactivation in HIV infection and targeting the cofilin pathway using an anti-α4β7 integrin antibody (http://advances.sciencemag.org/content/5/1/eaat7911)