Multiple choice

HIV is found in the body fluids of an infected person (semen and vaginal fluids, blood and breast milk). A coreceptor for HIV inside the body is

  1. RANTES

  2. CD8

  3. CD54

  4. CR5

  5. CXCR4
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Explanation

CXCR4 is a chemokine receptor which HIV utilizes as a coreceptor for entry into naive CD4+ T-cells and mature dendritic cells. Another chemokine receptor, CCR5, is used particularly for entry of HIV into immature dendritic cells, macrophages and activated effector or memory CD4+ T-cells.

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