Spreading of HIV-specific CD8+ T-cell repertoire in long-term nonprogressors and its role in the control of viral load and disease activity

Human Immunology

Volumn 62, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 561-576

  Propato, Antonella ^a   Schiaffella, Enrico ^a   Vicenzi, Elisa ^c   Francavilla, Vittorio ^a   Baloni, Letizia ^a   Paroli, Marino ^a   Finocchi, Luigi ^a   Tanigaki, Nobuyuki ^d   Ghezzi, Silvia ^c   Ferrara, Rosa ^b   Chesnut, Robert ^e   Livingston, Brian ^e   Sette, Alessandro ^e   Paganelli, Roberto ^b   Aiuti, Fernando ^b   Poli, Guido ^c   Barnaba, Vincenzo ^a,b,f  

^a Dipartimento Di Medicina Interna   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^c SAN RAFFAELE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^d CNR   (Italy)

^e Epimmune   (United States)

^f Pasteur Institute   (Italy)

Author keywords

CD8+ T lymphocytes; ELISPOT; HIV type 1; HLA A2.1 tetramers; Long term nonprogressors

Indexed keywords

BETA 2 MICROGLOBULIN; CD4 ANTIGEN; CD8 ANTIGEN; HLA A2 ANTIGEN; INTERFERON; PHYCOERYTHRIN; SYNTHETIC PEPTIDE; VIRUS RNA;

ADOLESCENT; ANTIGEN PRESENTING CELL; ANTIVIRAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CELL COUNT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXIC T LYMPHOCYTE; DISEASE ACTIVITY; EFFECTOR CELL; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EPSTEIN BARR VIRUS; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IMMUNOGENETICS; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; MEMORY CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; T LYMPHOCYTE; VIRUS LOAD;

ADULT; CD8-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV-1; HLA-A2 ANTIGEN; HLA-A3 ANTIGEN; HUMANS; IMMUNOLOGIC MEMORY; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PEPTIDES; SURVIVORS; T-LYMPHOCYTES, CYTOTOXIC; VIRAL LOAD;

EID: 0034987091     PISSN: 01988859     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0198-8859(01)00245-2     Document Type: Article

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