HLA Alleles Associated with Delayed Progression to AIDS Contribute Strongly to the Initial CD8+ T Cell Response against HIV-1
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HLA Alleles Associated with Delayed Progression to AIDS Contribute Strongly to the Initial CD8+ T Cell Response against HIV-1
| Title: | HLA Alleles Associated with Delayed Progression to AIDS Contribute Strongly to the Initial CD8+ T Cell Response against HIV-1 |
| Author: |
Kalife, Elizabeth T; Qi, Ying; Johnston, Mary N; Burgett, Nicole; Swartz, Martha E; Yang, Amy; Rockstroh, Juergen K; Jessen, Heiko; Carrington, Mary; Altfeld, Marcus; Streeck, Hendrik; Lichterfeld, Mathias; Alter, Galit; Yu, Xu; Meier, Angela; Allen, Todd; Rosenberg, Eric Scott; Walker, Bruce David
Note: Order does not necessarily reflect citation order of authors. |
| Citation: | Altfeld, Marcus, Elizabeth T. Kalife, Ying Qi, Hendrik Streeck, Mathias Lichterfeld, Mary N. Johnston, Nicole Burgett, et. al. 2006. HLA Alleles Associated with Delayed Progression to AIDS Contribute Strongly to the Initial CD8+ T Cell Response against HIV-1. PLoS Medicine 3(10): e403. |
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| Abstract: | Background: Very little is known about the immunodominance patterns of HIV-1-specific T cell responses during primary HIV-1 infection and the reasons for human lymphocyte antigen (HLA) modulation of disease progression. Methods and Findings: In a cohort of 104 individuals with primary HIV-1 infection, we demonstrate that a subset of CD8+ T cell epitopes within HIV-1 are consistently targeted early after infection, while other epitopes subsequently targeted through the same HLA class I alleles are rarely recognized. Certain HLA alleles consistently contributed more than others to the total virus-specific CD8+ T cell response during primary infection, and also reduced the absolute magnitude of responses restricted by other alleles if coexpressed in the same individual, consistent with immunodomination. Furthermore, individual HLA class I alleles that have been associated with slower HIV-1 disease progression contributed strongly to the total HIV-1-specific CD8+ T cell response during primary infection. Conclusions: These data demonstrate consistent immunodominance patterns of HIV-1-specific CD8+ T cell responses during primary infection and provide a mechanistic explanation for the protective effect of specific HLA class I alleles on HIV-1 disease progression. |
| Published Version: | doi:10.1371/journal.pmed.0030403 |
| Other Sources: | http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1626551/pdf/ |
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