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. 2019 Oct 23;10:2485. doi: 10.3389/fimmu.2019.02485

Figure 3.

Figure 3

Two-faced role of DCs in HIV-1 infection after T cell contact. DC contact with T cells through the immunological synapse results in Ag presentation and a specific HIV-1 immune response. However, the DC-T cell interaction may also facilitate the transmission of the virus either from an infected DC cell to the surrounding T cells in the lymph nodes, or from a “carrier” DC via exosome release or infectious synapse.