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Quantifying how MHC polymorphism prevents pathogens from adapting to the antigen presentation pathway.
Epidemics - 1 Sept 2010
Schmid B V, Kęsmir C, de Boer R J
Abstract excerpt
The classical antigen presentation pathway consists of two monomorphic (proteasome and TAP) and one polymorphic components (MHC Class I). Viruses can escape CTL responses by mutating an epitope so that it is no longer correctly processed by the pathway. Whereas escape mutations that affect MHC binding are typically no longer under selection pressure in the next host of the virus (as hosts differ in their MHC...
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