CD8+ T cells from HLA-B*57 elite suppressors effectively suppress replication of HIV-1 escape mutants

Retrovirology

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Pohlmeyer, Christopher W ^a   Buckheit III, Robert W ^a,b   Siliciano, Robert F ^a   Blankson, Joel N ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

CTL; Elite controller; Elite suppressor; Escape mutation; HIV 1

Indexed keywords

ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT; EPITOPE; GAG PROTEIN; GAMMA INTERFERON; HLA B57 ANTIGEN; PERFORIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CD8+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXIC T LYMPHOCYTE; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; HIGHLY ACTIVE ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1 INFECTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NONHUMAN; PERIPHERAL BLOOD MONONUCLEAR CELL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; VIRUS INHIBITION; VIRUS MUTANT; VIRUS REPLICATION; WILD TYPE;

ADULT; AGED; CD8-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; EPITOPES, T-LYMPHOCYTE; FEMALE; HIV LONG-TERM SURVIVORS; HIV-1; HLA-B27 ANTIGEN; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; MUTANT PROTEINS; T-LYMPHOCYTES, CYTOTOXIC; VIRAL LOAD;

EID: 84890814714     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17424690     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1742-4690-10-152     Document Type: Article

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