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Quantifiable cytotoxic T lymphocyte responses and HLA-related risk of progression to AIDS.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America - 17 Aug 2004
Scherer Almut, Frater John, Oxenius Annette, Agudelo Juliet, Price David A, Günthard Huldrych F, Barnardo Martin, Perrin Luc, Hirschel Bernard, Phillips Rodney E, McLean Angela R
Abstract excerpt
There are significant associations between possession of certain HLA class I alleles and rate of progression to AIDS. Immunological data provide an explanatory mechanism for this relationship. Patients with HLA types associated with rapid disease progression recognize a significantly smaller fraction of their known repertoire of viral epitopes than do patients with HLA types associated with slow progression....
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