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Inhibitory receptors: whose side are they on?

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A new study demonstrates involvement of the inhibitory receptor CTLA-4 in T cell exhaustion during infection with human immunodeficiency virus, adding complexity and diversity to the inhibitory pathways regulating T cell responses during chronic viral infections in humans.

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Figure 1: During chronic infection with HIV, T cells upregulate several inhibitory receptors, including the CD28 family molecules CTLA-4 and PD-1 (refs. 1,5–7).

Kim Caesar

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Crawford, A., Wherry, E. Inhibitory receptors: whose side are they on?. Nat Immunol 8, 1201–1203 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1038/ni1107-1201

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