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Mathias Lichterfeld

Researcher at Brigham and Women's Hospital

Publications -  165
Citations -  10934

Mathias Lichterfeld is an academic researcher from Brigham and Women's Hospital. The author has contributed to research in topics: Cytotoxic T cell & CD8. The author has an hindex of 50, co-authored 141 publications receiving 8692 citations. Previous affiliations of Mathias Lichterfeld include University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center & University Hospital Bonn.

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Loss of HIV-1–specific CD8+ T Cell Proliferation after Acute HIV-1 Infection and Restoration by Vaccine-induced HIV-1–specific CD4+ T Cells

TL;DR: It is demonstrated that HIV-1–specific CD8+ T cells proliferate rapidly upon encounter with cognate antigen in acute infection, but lose this capacity with ongoing viral replication, and can be restored in chronic infection by augmentation of HIV- 1–specific T helper cell function.