| Literature DB >> 1721107 |
R E Phillips1, S Rowland-Jones, D F Nixon, F M Gotch, J P Edwards, A O Ogunlesi, J G Elvin, J A Rothbard, C R Bangham, C R Rizza.
Abstract
In a longitudinal study of HIV seropositive patients, there were fluctuations in the specificity of cytotoxic T cells for the virus. This was matched by variability in proviral gag DNA epitope sequences in the lymphocytes of these patients. Some of these viral variants are not recognized by autologous T cells. Accumulation of such mutations in T-cell antigenic targets would provide a mechanism for immune escape.Entities:
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Year: 1991 PMID: 1721107 DOI: 10.1038/354453a0
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Nature ISSN: 0028-0836 Impact factor: 49.962