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Item Intracellular Nef Detected in Peripheral Blood Mononuclear Cells from HIV Patients(Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., 2014-07-25) Wang, Ting; Green, Linden A.; Gupta, Samir K.; Amet, Tohti; Byrd, Daniel J.; Yu, Qigui; Twigg, Homer L.; Clauss, Matthias; Department of Microbiology & Immunology, IU School of MedicineWe report here the novel finding that HIV-negative factor (Nef) protein is present in considerable numbers of peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) from viremic HIV-infected patients not on antiretroviral therapy (ART) and also in patients receiving virologically suppressive ART, though to a smaller degree. Interestingly, these Nef-positive PBMCs constitute predominantly uninfected bystander cells. These results may explain systemic pathology in HIV patients, even in those receiving ART.