Original antigenic sin impairs cytotoxic T lymphocyte responses to viruses bearing variant epitopes.

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Some viruses, including human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and hepatitis B virus (HBV) in humans, and lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus (LCMV) in mice, are initially controlled by cytotoxic T lymphocytes (CTLs), but may subsequently escape through mutation of the relevant T-cell epitope. Some of these mutations preserve the normal binding to major histocompatibility complex class I molecules, but present an...

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