Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A retrovirus associated with adult leukemia and lymphoma and with certain demyelinating diseases.

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[h(uman) T(-cell) l(ymphotropic) v(irus) I.]

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Examples

  • Lairmore and his colleagues examined HTLV-I infection in rabbits that were treated with the drug cyclosporin A, which is commonly used to suppress the immune system in people following organ transplantation.

    innovations-report 2010

  • Lairmore and his colleagues examined HTLV-I infection in rabbits that were treated with the drug cyclosporin A, which is commonly used to suppress the immune system in people following organ transplantation.

    Medindia Health News 2010

  • Lairmore and his colleagues examined HTLV-I infection in rabbits that were treated with the drug cyclosporin A, which is commonly used to suppress the immune system in people following organ transplantation.

    PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2010

  • This study builds on earlier work by Lairmore and his colleagues showing that HTLV-I produces proteins that activate infected immune cells and causes them to divide, thereby increasing the number of infected cells in the body.

    innovations-report 2010

  • Lairmore and his colleagues examined HTLV-I infection in rabbits that were treated with the drug cyclosporin A, which is commonly used to suppress the immune system in people following organ transplantation.

    Medindia Health News 2010

  • This study builds on earlier work by Lairmore and his colleagues showing that HTLV-I produces proteins that activate infected immune cells and causes them to divide, thereby increasing the number of infected cells in the body.

    PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2010

  • Cavanagh MH, Landry S, Audet B, Arpin-Andre C, Hivin P, et al. (2006) HTLV-I antisense transcripts initiating in the 3′LTR are alternatively spliced and polyadenylated.

    PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles 2009

  • Earlier we showed that IKKγΔ is a dominant negative inhibitor of HLTV-I Tax induced NF-κB activation, despite the ability of both isoforms to bind HTLV-I Tax protein

    PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Ping Liu et al. 2009

  • Gilmartin GM, Hanly SM, Nevins JR, Greene WC (1991) The HTLV-I Rex response element mediates a novel form of mRNA polyadenylation.

    PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles 2009

  • * Human T-cell leukemia virus-I (HTLV-I) - This virus causes a rare type of chronic lymphocytic leukemia known as human T-cell leukemia.

    Find Me A Cure 2008

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