Platelet activation inhibits the host cell entry of HIV

HI-viruses are the cause of the immune deficiency disease AIDS. In cooperation with colleagues from the Hannover Medical School and the Institute of Molecular Virology, Ulm University Medical Center, the scientists of the DPZ have shown in a recent study that platelet activation suppresses HIV type 1 infection of cell cultures and might thus reduce ... (more)

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