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The HIV-1 HLA-A2-SLYNTVATL is a help-independent CTL epitope.
Journal of immunology (Baltimore, Md. : 1950) - 1 May 2004
Kan-Mitchell June, Bisikirska Brygida, Wong-Staal Flossie, Schaubert Keri L, Bajcz Melissa, Bereta Michal
Abstract excerpt
The CTL response to the HLA-A*0201-restricted, HIV-1 p17 Gag(77-85) epitope (SLYNTVATL; SL9) has been extensively studied in patients. Although this reactivity is exceptionally prominent in chronically infected patients and inversely correlated to viral load, SL9-specific CTLs (SL9-CTLs) are rarely detected in acute infection. To explore the cellular basis for this unusual manifestation, SL9-CTLs primed ex vivo...
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