Elicitation from Virus-Naive Individuals of Cytotoxic T Lymphocytes Directed Against Conserved HIV-1 Epitopes
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Elicitation from Virus-Naive Individuals of Cytotoxic T Lymphocytes Directed Against Conserved HIV-1 Epitopes
| Title: | Elicitation from Virus-Naive Individuals of Cytotoxic T Lymphocytes Directed Against Conserved HIV-1 Epitopes |
| Author: |
Reche, Pedro A.; Keskin, Derin Benerci; Hussey, Rebecca E.; Ancuta, Petronela; Gabuzda, Dana Helga; Reinherz, Ellis Leonard
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| Citation: | Reche, Pedro A., Derin B. Keskin, Rebecca E. Hussey, Petronela Ancuta, Dana Gabuzda, and Ellis L. Reinherz. 2006. Elicitation from virus-naive individuals of cytotoxic T lymphocytes directed against conserved HIV-1 epitopes. Medical Immunology 5: 1. |
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| Abstract: | Cytotoxic T lymphocytes (CTL) protect against viruses including HIV-1. To avoid viral escape mutants that thwart immunity, we chose 25 CTL epitopes defined in the context of natural infection with functional and/or structural constraints that maintain sequence conservation. By combining HLA binding predictions with knowledge concerning HLA allele frequencies, a metric estimating population protection coverage (PPC) was computed and epitope pools assembled. Strikingly, only a minority of immunocompetent HIV-1 infected individuals responds to pools with PPC >95%. In contrast, virus-naive individuals uniformly expand IFNγ producing cells and mount anti-HIV-1 cytolytic activity. This disparity suggests a vaccine design paradigm shift from infected to normal subjects. |
| Published Version: | doi:10.1186/1476-9433-5-1 |
| Other Sources: | http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1559620/pdf/ |
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