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SUBMITTER: Gainey MD
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3511129 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Nov
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Gainey Maria D MD Rivenbark Joshua G JG Cho Hyelim H Yang Liping L Yokoyama Wayne M WM
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 20121029 47
Although viral MHC class I inhibition is considered a classic immune-evasion strategy, its in vivo role is largely unclear. Mutant cowpox virus lacking its MHC class I inhibitors is markedly attenuated during acute infection because of CD8(+) T-cell-dependent control, but it was not known how CD8(+) T-cell responses are affected. Interestingly, we found no major effect of MHC class I down-regulation on priming of functional cowpox virus-specific CD8(+) T cells. Instead, we demonstrate that, duri ...[more]