PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Soilleux, E J
AU  - Coleman, N
TI  - Expression of DC-SIGN in human foreskin may facilitate sexual transmission of HIV
AID  - 10.1136/jcp.57.1.77
DP  - 2004 Jan 01
TA  - Journal of Clinical Pathology
PG  - 77--78
VI  - 57
IP  - 1
4099  - http://jcp.bmj.com/content/57/1/77.short
4100  - http://jcp.bmj.com/content/57/1/77.full
SO  - J Clin Pathol2004 Jan 01; 57
AB  - This study demonstrates that the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) binding C-type lectin DC-SIGN is coexpressed with CD4 and CCR5 on dendritic cells/macrophages in human foreskin. It is hypothesised that DC-SIGN may contribute to the sexual transmission of HIV in the foreskin, by enabling infection of permissive cells in cis and/or in trans.