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Not-so-innocent bystanders

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The discovery that most CD4+ T cells killed during HIV infection die through a process known as pyroptosis may provide long-sought explanations for HIV-associated T-cell depletion and inflammation. See Article p.509

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Figure 1: CD4+ T-cell death during HIV-1 infection.

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  1. Robert F. Siliciano are in the Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland 21218, USA.,

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