Toll-Like Receptor Ligands Induce Human T Cell Activation and Death, a Model for HIV Pathogenesis

• Nicholas Funderburg ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Nicholas Funderburg, Angel A. Luciano

  Affiliation Department of Molecular Biology and Microbiology, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, United States of America

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• Angel A. Luciano ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Nicholas Funderburg, Angel A. Luciano

  Affiliations Division of Neonatology, Department of Pediatrics, Rainbow Babies and Children's Hospital, Cleveland, Ohio, United States of America, Department of Medicine, Center for AIDS Research, Case Western Reserve University, University Hospitals/Case Medical Center, Cleveland, Ohio, United States of America

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• Wei Jiang,

  Affiliation Department of Medicine, Center for AIDS Research, Case Western Reserve University, University Hospitals/Case Medical Center, Cleveland, Ohio, United States of America

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• Benigno Rodriguez,

  Affiliation Department of Medicine, Center for AIDS Research, Case Western Reserve University, University Hospitals/Case Medical Center, Cleveland, Ohio, United States of America

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• Scott F. Sieg,

  Affiliation Department of Medicine, Center for AIDS Research, Case Western Reserve University, University Hospitals/Case Medical Center, Cleveland, Ohio, United States of America

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• Michael M. Lederman

  *To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: michael.lederman@case.edu

  Affiliations Department of Molecular Biology and Microbiology, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, United States of America, Department of Medicine, Center for AIDS Research, Case Western Reserve University, University Hospitals/Case Medical Center, Cleveland, Ohio, United States of America

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