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High responsiveness of HLA-B57-restricted Gag-specific CD8+ T cells in vitro may contribute to the protective effect of HLA-B57 in HIV-infection.
European journal of immunology - 1 Jan 2005
Jansen Christine A, Kostense Stefan, Vandenberghe Kristin, Nanlohy Nening M, De Cuyper Iris M, Piriou Erwan, Manting Erik H, Miedema Frank, van Baarle Debbie
Abstract excerpt
HLA-B57 has been shown to be associated with long-term asymptomatic HIV-1 infection. To investigate the biological mechanism by which the HLA-B57 allele could protect from HIV-1 disease, we studied both the number of CD8(+) T cells as well as CD8(+) T cell responsiveness directed to different HIV-1 Gag peptides presented by HLA-A2, -B8 or -B57. T cells specific for the HLA-B57 peptide KAFSPEVIPMF responded more...
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