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HIV-1-specific CD8+ T cell responses and viral evolution in women and infants.
Journal of immunology (Baltimore, Md. : 1950) - 15 Nov 2005
Sanchez-Merino Victor, Nie Siwei, Luzuriaga Katherine
Abstract excerpt
CD8+ T lymphocyte responses play an important role in controlling HIV-1 replication but escape from CD8+ T cell surveillance may limit the effectiveness of these responses. Mother-to-child transmission of CD8+ T cell escape variants may particularly affect CD8+ T cell recognition of infant HIV-1 epitopes. In this study, amino acid sequence variation in HIV-1 gag and nef was examined in five untreated...
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