Chemical sex drugs regulate HIV infection and replication in immune cells: a vicious circle

Danfeng Lu^{1

2}, Hua Sun¹, Juehua Yu^{1

2}, Yi-Qun Kuang^{1

2}, Kun-Hua Wang¹

Affiliations

¹ NHC Key Laboratory of Drug Addiction Medicine.
² Scientific Research Laboratory Center, First Affiliated Hospital of Kunming Medical University, Kunming Medical University, Kunming, China.

Danfeng Lu et al. AIDS. 2021.

. 2021 Jan 1;35(1):147-150.

doi: 10.1097/QAD.0000000000002708.

Danfeng Lu^{1

2}, Hua Sun¹, Juehua Yu^{1

2}, Yi-Qun Kuang^{1

2}, Kun-Hua Wang¹

¹ NHC Key Laboratory of Drug Addiction Medicine.
² Scientific Research Laboratory Center, First Affiliated Hospital of Kunming Medical University, Kunming Medical University, Kunming, China.

No abstract available

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