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Down-regulation of the class I HLA heterodimer and beta2-microglobulin on the surface of cells infected with cytomegalovirus
1 Sept 1992
Abstract excerpt
Cytotoxic T cell recognition of virus-infected cells requires the presentation of viral peptides by class I HLA molecules on the cell surface. We report here that cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection of human fibroblasts results in a progressive decrease in the cell surface expression of class I HLA and beta 2-microglobulin (beta 2m) such that in the late stages of infection the majority of infected cells have no...
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