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Switching and emergence of CTL epitopes in HIV-1 infection.
Retrovirology - 21 May 2014
Han Chungyong, Kawana-Tachikawa Ai, Shimizu Akihisa, Zhu Dayong, Nakamura Hitomi, Adachi Eisuke, Kikuchi Tadashi, Koga Michiko, Koibuchi Tomohiko, Gao George F, Sato Yusuke, Yamagata Atsushi, Martin Eric, Fukai Shuya, Brumme Zabrina L, Iwamoto Aikichi
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Human Leukocyte Antigen (HLA) class I restricted Cytotoxic T Lymphocytes (CTLs) exert substantial evolutionary pressure on HIV-1, as evidenced by the reproducible selection of HLA-restricted immune escape mutations in the viral genome. An escape mutation from tyrosine to phenylalanine at the 135th amino acid (Y135F) of the HIV-1 nef gene is frequently observed in patients with HLA-A*24:02, an HLA...
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