| Gotch, F., McAdam, S. N., Allsopp, C. E., Gallimore, Awen Myfanwy, Elvin, J., Kieny, M. P., Hill, A. V., McMichael, A. J. and Whittle, H. C. 1993. Cytotoxic T cells in HIV2 seropositive Gambians. Identification of a virus-specific MHC-restricted peptide epitope. The Journal of Immunology 151 (6) , pp. 3361-3369. |
Abstract
A preliminary study of gag-specific, MHC-restricted CD8+ CTL has been performed in nine Gambian patients infected with HIV2. Such CTL were present in at least 55% of patients in fresh peripheral blood mononuclear cells without the requirement for in vitro restimulation. We have identified a nonamer peptide from HIV2 gag that is recognized by CD8+ HLA-B53 CTL using an amino acid sequence motif predicted from analysis of endogenous peptides eluted from HLA-B53 molecules. This peptide, from an HIV2/SIV conserved sequence, has previously been reported to be recognized by CTL from non-human primates vaccinated with recombinant vaccinia virus expressing the gag protein of SIV or infected with SIV virus. HLA-B53-restricted, HIV2 gag-specific CTL did not recognize target cells expressing HIV1 gag proteins, indicating that no cellular cross protection to HIV1 could be expected in this case.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Date Type: | Publication |
| Status: | Published |
| Schools: | Medicine Systems Immunity Research Institute (SIURI) |
| Subjects: | R Medicine > R Medicine (General) |
| Publisher: | American Association of Immunologists |
| ISSN: | 0022-1767 |
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| Last Modified: | 04 Jun 2017 07:55 |
| URI: | http://orca.cf.ac.uk/id/eprint/69754 |
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