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Nef Is Dispensable for Resistance of Simian Immunodeficiency Virus-Infected Macrophages to CD8+ T Cell Killing.
Journal of virology - 1 Oct 2015
Rainho Jennifer N, Martins Mauricio A, Cunyat Francesc, Watkins Ian T, Watkins David I, Stevenson Mario
Abstract excerpt
UNLABELLED: Simian immunodeficiency virus (SIV)-specific CD8(+) T cells kill SIV-infected CD4(+) T cells in an major histocompatibility complex class I (MHC-I)-dependent manner. However, they are reportedly less efficient at killing SIV-infected macrophages. Since the viral accessory protein Nef has been shown to downregulate MHC-I molecules and enhance cytotoxic T lymphocyte (CTL) evasion in human...
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