A physician is attempting new therapies for HIV patients who are suffering from an impaired immune response.He decides to try using a recombinant form of colony-stimulating factor cytokine (CSF) .Why?
A) CSF is a strong inducer of antiviral activities in our cells,and may help our immune system fight off the effects of HIV for a longer period of time.
B) CSF will hyperstimulate the activities of the macrophages,leading to ingestion and destruction of HIV-infected cells.
C) CSF will help to stimulate the production of new lymphocytes-the very cells that are infected and depleted during an HIV infection.This may help to keep the patients' immune responses "normal" for a longer period of time before they succumb to full-blown AIDS.
D) CSF will drive up the production of lactoferrin,a strong antiviral compound produced in our mucus membrane secretions.
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