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Evidence of HIV-1 adaptation to host HLA alleles following chimp-to-human transmission.
Virology journal - 10 Oct 2009
Ngandu Nobubelo K, Seoighe Cathal, Scheffler Konrad
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: The cytotoxic T-lymphocyte immune response is important in controlling HIV-1 replication in infected humans. In this immune pathway, viral peptides within infected cells are presented to T-lymphocytes by the polymorphic human leukocyte antigens (HLA). HLA alleles exert selective pressure on the peptide regions and immune escape mutations that occur at some of the targeted sites can enable the virus to...
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