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Who Should Take IL-2?

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Who Should Take IL-2?

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IL-2 stimulates the immune system and increases the number of CD4+ cells. People who started with higher CD4 cell counts got larger CD4 cell increases. Scientists did not agree on the value of the new CD4 cells generated by IL-2. In 2009, two major international studies were completed. They showed that a CD4 count based on taking IL-2 is not as good as a CD4 count based on successful antiretroviral therapy (ART). The difference has to do with how many different types of CD4 cells you have. Before HIV disease attacks your immune system, you have millions of different types of CD4 cells. An easier way to think about them is like the letters of the alphabet. Each letter is programmed to respond to one particular type of infection. With a healthy immune system, you have many copies of each letter. As your CD4 cell count goes down, you have fewer copies of each letter, and you might run out of some letters. Let’s say that you need to spell the word “zebra” in order to fight pneumonia. If yo

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