Abstract: Among other Tg mice expressing
Nef mutants having conserved the
Nef-PAK2 association (RD35AA,
D174K,
P147A/
P150A, Delta8-17, and Delta25-65), only Tg mice expressing
Nef(Delta8-17) develop
kidney and lung diseases, but all showed partial CD4(+) T cell depletion despite some being defective for CD4 down-regulation (RD35AA and
D174K).