Characterization of Gag and Nef-specific ELISpot-based CTL responses in HIV-1 infected Indian individuals

Medical Microbiology and Immunology

Volumn 198, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 47-56

  Mendiratta, Sanjay ^a   Vajpayee, Madhu ^a   Malhotra, Uma ^b   Kaushik, Shweta ^c   Dar, Lalit ^a   Mojumdar, Kamalika ^a   Chauhan, Neeraj Kumar ^a   Sreenivas, Vishnubhatla ^a  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^b Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

CTL responses; ELISpot; Gag; HIV 1 specific; India; Nef

Indexed keywords

EPITOPE; GAG PROTEIN; GAMMA INTERFERON; NEF PROTEIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CYTOTOXIC T LYMPHOCYTE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSPOT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1 INFECTION; INDIAN; MALE; NONHUMAN; PERIPHERAL BLOOD MONONUCLEAR CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; VIRUS LOAD;

ADULT; CELLS, CULTURED; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EPITOPES, T-LYMPHOCYTE; FEMALE; GAG GENE PRODUCTS, HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV-1; HUMANS; IMMUNODOMINANT EPITOPES; INDIA; INTERFERON-GAMMA; MALE; NEF GENE PRODUCTS, HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; T-LYMPHOCYTES, CYTOTOXIC; VIRAL LOAD; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 58549104125     PISSN: 03008584     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00430-008-0104-3     Document Type: Article

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