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HAMdetector: a Bayesian regression model that integrates information to detect HLA-associated mutations.
Bioinformatics (Oxford, England) - 28 Apr 2022
Habermann Daniel, Kharimzadeh Hadi, Walker Andreas, Li Yang, Yang Rongge, Kaiser Rolf, Brumme Zabrina L, Timm Jörg, Roggendorf Michael, Hoffmann Daniel
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MOTIVATION: A key process in anti-viral adaptive immunity is that the human leukocyte antigen (HLA) system presents epitopes as major histocompatibility complex I (MHC I) protein-peptide complexes on cell surfaces and in this way alerts CD8+ cytotoxic T-lymphocytes (CTLs). This pathway exerts strong selection pressure on viruses, favoring viral mutants that escape recognition by the HLA/CTL system. Naturally,...
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