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Functional avidity and IL-2/perforin production is linked to the emergence of mutations within HLA-B*5701-restricted epitopes and HIV-1 disease progression.
Journal of immunology (Baltimore, Md. : 1950) - 15 May 2014
Buggert Marcus, Norström Melissa M, Salemi Marco, Hecht Frederick M, Karlsson Annika C
Abstract excerpt
Viral escape from HIV-1-specific CD8(+) T cells has been demonstrated in numerous studies previously. However, the qualitative features driving the emergence of mutations within epitopes are still unclear. In this study, we aimed to distinguish whether specific functional characteristics of HLA-B*5701-restricted CD8(+) T cells influence the emergence of mutations in high-risk progressors (HRPs) versus low-risk...
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