ABBREVIATIONS
AIDS : Acquired ImmunoDeficiency Syndrome
AMPs : AntiMicrobial Peptides
APOBEC : Apolipoprotein B m-RNA-editing enzyme-catalytic polypeptide-like
CAF : CD8 antiviral factor
CCR5 : C-C chemokine receptor type 5
CTL : Cytotoxic CD8+ T cell
DAMPs : Damage-Associated Molecule Patterns
DC : Dendritic Cell
Env : Envelope
ESN : HIV-exposed SeroNegative
FDC : Follicular Dendritic Cell
G-CSF : Granulocyte-colony stimulating factor
GM-CSF : Granulocyte-macrophage colony stimulating factor
HAART : Highly Active Anti Retroviral Therapy
HNP : Human Neutrophil Defensin
ICAM : Inter-Cellular Adhesion Molecule 1
IRIS : Immune Reconstitution Inflammatory Syndrome
IFN : Interferon
Ig : Immunoglobulin
IL : Interleukin
LFA-1 : Lymphocyte function-associated antigen 1
LPS : Lypopolysaccharide
LTNP : Long Term Non Progressor
LTR : Long Terminal Repeat
M-CSF : Macrophage colony-stimulating factor
Nef : Negative Factor
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NK : Natural Killer
NF-Kb : Nuclear Factor-Kb
PAMPs : Pathogen-associated molecular patterns
PBMC : Peripheral Blood Mononuclear Cell
PMA : Phorbol-Myristate-Acetate
RAGE : Receptor for Advanced Glycation End-products
SCID : Severe Combined Immunodeficiency Syndrome
SIV : Simian Immunodeficiency Virus
STAT : Signal Transducer and Activator of Transcription
Tat : Trans-Activator of Transcription
Th : T helper lymphocyte
TLR : Toll-Like Receptor
uPA : urokinase Plasminogen Activator