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HLA Alleles Associated with Delayed Progression to AIDS Contribute Strongly to the Initial CD8(+) T Cell Response against HIV-1.
PLoS medicine - 1 Oct 2006
Altfeld Marcus, Kalife Elizabeth T, Qi Ying, Streeck Hendrik, Lichterfeld Mathias, Johnston Mary N, Burgett Nicole, Swartz Martha E, Yang Amy, Alter Galit, Yu Xu G, Meier Angela, Rockstroh Juergen K, Allen Todd M, Jessen Heiko, Rosenberg Eric S, Carrington Mary, Walker Bruce D
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Very little is known about the immunodominance patterns of HIV-1-specific T cell responses during primary HIV-1 infection and the reasons for human lymphocyte antigen (HLA) modulation of disease progression. METHODS AND FINDINGS: In a cohort of 104 individuals with primary HIV-1 infection, we demonstrate that a subset of CD8(+) T cell epitopes within HIV-1 are consistently targeted early after...
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