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Structural basis for clonal diversity of the human T-cell response to a dominant influenza virus epitope.
The Journal of biological chemistry - 10 Nov 2017
Yang Xinbo, Chen Guobing, Weng Nan-Ping, Mariuzza Roy A
Abstract excerpt
Influenza A virus (IAV) causes an acute infection in humans that is normally eliminated by CD8+ cytotoxic T lymphocytes. Individuals expressing the MHC class I molecule HLA-A2 produce cytotoxic T lymphocytes bearing T-cell receptors (TCRs) that recognize the immunodominant IAV epitope GILGFVFTL (GIL). Most GIL-specific TCRs utilize α/β chain pairs encoded by the TRAV27/TRBV19 gene combination to recognize this...
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