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T cell receptor usage of virus-specific CD8 cells and recognition of viral mutations during acute and persistent hepatitis B virus infection.
European journal of immunology - 1 Nov 2000
Maini M K, Reignat S, Boni C, Ogg G S, King A S, Malacarne F, Webster G J, Bertoletti A
Abstract excerpt
T cells specific for a single viral epitope, but using different T cell receptors, should have flexibility in their epitope recognition to protect the infected host against the emergence of viral escape mutants. Therefore, polyclonality of the hepatitis B virus (HBV)-specific cytotoxic T lymphocyte response has been hypothesized to be a major determinant in the control of infection. We analyzed the Vbeta chain...
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