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Cell Activation and Apoptosis in HIV Infection

Implications for Pathogenesis and Therapy

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Part of the book series: Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology (AEMB, volume 374)

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About this book

In the past decade, the global efforts in the control of HIV disease were basically concentrated on the search for anti-retroviral agents. So far, anti-HIV therapies have been shown to be disappointing because of rapid development of drug-resistant mutant variants. Despite this drawback in the therapeutic fight against HIV infection, antiviral research should be actively pursued. However, failure of antiviral therapy indicates that other avenues of research should be rapidly explored with the same energy. In this setting, striking advances have been recently made in the dissection and understanding of the viro-immunological processes governing the progressive destruction of lymphoid organs associated with AIDS develop­ ment, and HIV-induced activation and apoptosis have been identified as key phenomena of the immune system destruction. This book assembles the most recent advances on basic and clinical aspects ofT-cell activationiapoptosis in HIV infection and their implications for immunotherapy. These data were presented at an international symposium held on July 11-12, 1994, in Paris. The book is partitioned into 21 chapters covering four comprehensive fields: 1) T-celllmacrophage activation and HIV infection; 2) Apoptosis and viropathogenesis of HI V disease; 3) Apop­ tosis and immunopathogenesis ofHIV disease; 4) Mediators ofT-cell activationiapoptosis and therapeutic applications. We hope that this book will assist the readers in understanding recent advances in the viro-immunopathogenesis of HI V disease as well as the rationales for potential immune­ cell-targeted therapeutic interventions.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Laennec Hospital, Paris, France

    Jean-Marie Andrieu, Wei Lu

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Cell Activation and Apoptosis in HIV Infection

  • Book Subtitle: Implications for Pathogenesis and Therapy

  • Editors: Jean-Marie Andrieu, Wei Lu

  • Series Title: Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-1995-9

  • Publisher: Springer New York, NY

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, part of Springer Nature 1995

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-306-45063-1Published: 30 June 1995

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4613-5823-7Published: 21 October 2012

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4615-1995-9Published: 06 December 2012

  • Series ISSN: 0065-2598

  • Series E-ISSN: 2214-8019

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XI, 245

  • Topics: Immunology, Medical Microbiology, Plant Sciences, Animal Anatomy / Morphology / Histology, Microbial Ecology

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