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Effects of thymic selection of the T-cell repertoire on HLA class I-associated control of HIV infection.
Nature - 20 May 2010
Kosmrlj Andrej, Read Elizabeth L, Qi Ying, Allen Todd M, Altfeld Marcus, Deeks Steven G, Pereyra Florencia, Carrington Mary, Walker Bruce D, Chakraborty Arup K
Abstract excerpt
Without therapy, most people infected with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) ultimately progress to AIDS. Rare individuals ('elite controllers') maintain very low levels of HIV RNA without therapy, thereby making disease progression and transmission unlikely. Certain HLA class I alleles are markedly enriched in elite controllers, with the highest association observed for HLA-B57 (ref. 1). Because HLA molecules...
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