Article
HLA-A11-restricted epitope polymorphism among Epstein-Barr virus strains in the highly HLA-A11-positive Chinese population: incidence and immunogenicity of variant epitope sequences.
Journal of virology - 1 Nov 2003
Midgley R S, Bell A I, Yao Q Y, Croom-Carter D, Hislop A D, Whitney B M, Chan A T C, Johnson P J, Rickinson A B
Abstract excerpt
An individual's CD8(+)-cytotoxic-T-lymphocyte (CTL) response to Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) latent cycle antigens focuses on a small number of immunodominant epitopes often presented by just one of the available HLA class I alleles; for example, HLA-A11-positive Caucasians frequently respond to two immunodominant HLA A11 epitopes, IVTDFSVIK (IVT) and AVFDRKSDAK (AVF), within the nuclear antigen EBNA3B. Here, we...
Topics
- Amino Acid Sequence
- Asian People
- Base Sequence
- China
- Epitopes, T-Lymphocyte
- Epstein-Barr Virus Infections
- Epstein-Barr Virus Nuclear Antigens
- Genetic Variation
- HLA-A Antigens
- HLA-A11 Antigen
- Herpesvirus 4, Human
- Humans