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Identification of Immunogenic Cytotoxic T Lymphocyte Epitopes Containing Drug Resistance Mutations in Antiretroviral Treatment-Naïve HIV-Infected Individuals.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2016
Blanco-Heredia Juan, Lecanda Aarón, Valenzuela-Ponce Humberto, Brander Christian, Ávila-Ríos Santiago, Reyes-Terán Gustavo
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Therapeutic HIV vaccines may prove helpful to intensify antiretroviral treatment (ART) efficacy and may be an integral part of future cure strategies. METHODS: We examined IFN-gamma ELISpot responses to a panel of 218 HIV clade B consensus-based HIV protease-reverse transcriptase peptides, designed to mimic previously described and predicted cytotoxic T lymphocyte epitopes overlapping drug resistance...
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