Gastrointestinal immune responses in HIV infected subjects

Abstract

The gut associated lymphoid tissue is responsible for specific responses to intestinal antigens. During HIV infection, mucosal immune deficiency may account for the gastrointestinal infections. In this review we describe the humoral and cellular mucosal immune responses in normal and HIV-infected subjects.

Keywords

• gastrointestinal tract
• HIV
• mucosal immunology
• immunity to HIV