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Widespread impact of HLA restriction on immune control and escape pathways of HIV-1.
Journal of virology - 1 May 2012
Carlson Jonathan M, Listgarten Jennifer, Pfeifer Nico, Tan Vincent, Kadie Carl, Walker Bruce D, Ndung'u Thumbi, Shapiro Roger, Frater John, Brumme Zabrina L, Goulder Philip J R, Heckerman David
Abstract excerpt
The promiscuous presentation of epitopes by similar HLA class I alleles holds promise for a universal T-cell-based HIV-1 vaccine. However, in some instances, cytotoxic T lymphocytes (CTL) restricted by HLA alleles with similar or identical binding motifs are known to target epitopes at different frequencies, with different functional avidities and with different apparent clinical outcomes. Such differences may be...
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