Restoring ‘Exhausted’ HIV-Fighting Immune Cells
Johns Hopkins researchers identified a protein that causes immune cells combating HIV to tire and lose function. The scientists say that the protein known as Sprouty-2 is a promising target for future HIV drug development, since disabling it could help restore the cells’ ability to combat the virus that causes AIDS.
Source and further reading:
http://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/news/media/releases/key_found_to_restoring_exhausted_hiv_fighting_immune_cells
Image: T cells engulf and digest cells displaying markers (or antigens) for retroviruses, such as HIV
Image credit: Kristy Whitehouse, science illustrator via NIGMS
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