Research Article

Significant Depletion of CD4+ T Cells Occurs in the Oral Mucosa during Simian Immunodeficiency Virus Infection with the Infected CD4+ T Cell Reservoir Continuing to Persist in the Oral Mucosa during Antiretroviral Therapy

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CD4+ T cells in the oral mucosa of healthy animals display a predominantly central memory phenotype. (a) Representative density plots showing the expression of CD28 and CD95 on CD3+CD4+ T cells from peripheral blood and oral and rectal mucosa. (b) Proportions of naïve, central memory, and effector memory CD4+ T cell subsets in peripheral blood and oral and rectal mucosa.
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