Article
Decreased mutation frequencies among immunoglobulin G variable region genes during viremic HIV-1 infection.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2014
Bowers Elisabeth, Scamurra Ronald W, Asrani Anil, Beniguel Lydie, MaWhinney Samantha, Keays Kathryne M, Thurn Joseph R, Janoff Edward N
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND/OBJECTIVE: HIV-1 infection is complicated by high rates of opportunistic infections against which specific antibodies contribute to immune defense. Antibody function depends on somatic hypermutation (SHM) of variable regions of immunoglobulin heavy chain genes (VH-D-J). We characterized the frequency of SHM in expressed IgG mRNA immunoglobulin transcripts from control and HIV-1-infected patients....
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