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[122] INTERLEUKIN (IL-7) AND THYMIC OUTPUT LEVELS DURING PRIMARY HIV-INFECTION
JP Routy¹, MR Boulassel¹, M Sylvestre², JF Poulin², RP Sekaly², R Cheynier^2
1Division of Hematology, McGill University Health Centre and ²Department of Immunology, University of Montreal, Montreal, Quebec

[123] INSULIN-LIKE GROWTH FACTOR-1 (IGF-1) AND INTERLEUKIN-7 (IL-7) LEVELS DURING PRIMARY AND EARLY PHASE OF HIV INFECTION: CORRELATION WITH IMMUNE AND VIRAL PARAMETERS
MR Boulassel¹, M Legault², M Lainesse², PR Sekaly², JP Routy¹, the Investigators of the Montreal Primary HIV Infection Cohort
¹Immunodeficiency Service, McGill University Health Centre, Royal Victoria Hospital, McGill University; ²Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Montreal, Montreal, Quebec

[124] INTERLEUKIN-7 RECEPTOR (CD127) EXPRESSION AND RNA ACCUMULATION IN CD8+ T CELLS IS DOWNREGULATED BY TNF-a
A Komsic*, JB Angel
Ottawa Health Research Institute, Ottawa, Ontario

[125] SYSTEMIC LEVELS OF TYPE-1 (IP-10 AND MIG), AND TYPE-2 (TARC, MDC AND EOTAXIN) CHEMOKINES IN HIV-1 HIGHLY EXPOSED, PERSISTENTLY SERONEGATIVE (HEPS) AND HIV INFECTED SEX WORKERS FROM NAIROBI, KENYA
TB Ball¹, J Kimani², JE Embree³, JJ Bwayo², FP Plummer^2,3, KT HayGlass^1,3
Departments of ¹Immunology, and ³Medical Microbiology, University of Manitoba; ²Department of Medical Microbiology, University of Nairobi, Kenya

[126] ENHANCED IL-10 RESPONSES BY A CD36+ MONONUCLEAR CELL SUBSET FROM HIV-INFECTED INDIVIDUALS
L Barrett, J Gamberg, MI Bowmer, C Nguyen, C Howley, M Grant
Immunology Program, Memorial University of Newfoundland, St John’s, Newfoundland

[127] ADENOSINE A2A RECEPTOR INHIBITS TNF-a PRODUCTION INDUCED BY Tat BY BLOCKING CALCIUM RELEASE FROM IP3 RECEPTORS VIA PROTEIN PHOSPHATASE
M Mayne*^1,2, J Fotheringham^1,2, C Holden¹, A Nath³, JD Geiger^1,2
1Department of Pharmacology and Therapeutics, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba; Division of Neurovirology and Neurodegenerative Disorders, St Boniface Hospital Research Centre, Winnipeg, Manitoba; ³Department of Neurology, ²Microbiology and Immunology, Lexington, Kentucky