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HIV-1 replication fitness of HLA-B*57/58:01 CTL escape variants is restored by the accumulation of compensatory mutations in gag.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2013
Gijsbers Esther F, Feenstra K Anton, van Nuenen Ad C, Navis Marjon, Heringa Jaap, Schuitemaker Hanneke, Kootstra Neeltje A
Abstract excerpt
Expression of HLA-B*57 and the closely related HLA-B*58:01 are associated with prolonged survival after HIV-1 infection. However, large differences in disease course are observed among HLA-B*57/58:01 patients. Escape mutations in CTL epitopes restricted by these HLA alleles come at a fitness cost and particularly the T242N mutation in the TW10 CTL epitope in Gag has been demonstrated to decrease the viral...
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