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Role of CD38 in HIV-1 infection: an epiphenomenon of T-cell activation or an active player in virus/host interactions?

Savarino, Andreaa; Bottarel, Flaviab; Malavasi, Fabioc; Dianzani, Umbertob

From the aLaboratory of Cell Biology, Department of Genetics, Biology and Biochemistry, University of Turin, Turin, the bDepartment of Medical Science, University `A. Avogadro' of Eastern Piedmont, Novara, and the cInstitute of Biology and Genetics, University of Ancona, Ancona, Italy.

Received: 5 January 1999;

revised: 9 February 2000; accepted: 9 February 2000.

Sponsorship: This work was made possible by the Special Projects `AIDS' (Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Rome), `Biotechnology' (CNR/MURST, Rome) and `Telethon' (Rome). Compagnia di San Paolo and Cariverona Foundations, Regione Piemonte and the Italian National Association against AIDS (ANLAIDS: Torino and Rome) provided valuable financial contributions.

Requests for reprints to: A. Savarino, M. D., Laboratory of Cell Biology, University of Turin Medical School,Via Santena 19, I-10126 Torino, Italy.