📚 Recently, #IrsiCaixa published one of the most comprehensive studies conducted on VNPs.
⚙️ In the article, we proposed some immune protection mechanisms observed in this group.
You can read the news here: https://www.irsicaixa.es/en/pioneering-study-identifies-protective-mechanisms-people-hiv-resistant-disease-progression
⚙️ In the article, we proposed some immune protection mechanisms observed in this group.
You can read the news here: https://www.irsicaixa.es/en/pioneering-study-identifies-protective-mechanisms-people-hiv-resistant-disease-progression
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🛡️ In younger individuals, an immature and tolerant immune system seems to play a key role in their natural tolerance to the effects of the virus. In adults, the mechanisms are still not fully understood.
🔻 They reduce chronic inflammation.
〰️ They maintain intestinal integrity.
🔻 They limit infection by expressing less CCR5, a key receptor for #HIV.
🔎 You can read more about these studies in all three scenarios (adults, children, and primates) in our latest review published in the journal @cp-cellreports.bsky.social: https://www.cell.com/cell-reports-medicine/fulltext/S2666-3791(24)00692-X