Identification of HLA-C restricted, HIV-1-specific CTL epitopes by peptide induced upregulation of HLA-C expression

Journal of Immunological Methods

Volumn 418, Issue , 2015, Pages 9-18

  Stoll, Andrej ^a   Bergmann, Silke ^a   Mummert, Christiane ^a   Mueller Schmucker, Sandra M ^a   Spriewald, Bernd M ^a   Harrer, Ellen G ^a   Harrer, Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ERLANGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

CTL epitope; DT9; HIV 1; HLA C

Indexed keywords

EPITOPE; HLA C ANTIGEN;

ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CELL LINE; CELL STIMULATION; CELL SURFACE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXIC T LYMPHOCYTE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSPOT ASSAY; EPITOPE MAPPING; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; INCUBATION TIME; LYMPHOBLASTOID CELL LINE; PEPTIDE ANALYSIS; PERIPHERAL BLOOD MONONUCLEAR CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; T LYMPHOCYTE; UPREGULATION; BIOSYNTHESIS; CELL CULTURE; IMMUNOLOGY;

CELLS, CULTURED; EPITOPES, T-LYMPHOCYTE; HIV-1; HLA-C ANTIGENS; HUMANS; T-LYMPHOCYTES, CYTOTOXIC; UP-REGULATION;

EID: 84930316816     PISSN: 00221759     EISSN: 18727905     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jim.2015.01.005     Document Type: Article

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