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Does cytolysis by CD8+ T cells drive immune escape in HIV infection?
Journal of immunology (Baltimore, Md. : 1950) - 1 Nov 2010
Balamurali Mehala, Petravic Janka, Loh Liyen, Alcantara Sheilajen, Kent Stephen J, Davenport Miles P
Abstract excerpt
CD8(+) "cytotoxic" T cells are important for the immune control of HIV and the closely related simian models SIV and chimeric simian-human immunodeficiency virus (SHIV), although the mechanisms of this control are unclear. One effect of CD8(+) T cell-mediated recognition of virus-infected cells is the rapid selection of escape mutant (EM) virus that is not recognized. To investigate the mechanisms of...
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