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SUBMITTER: Melhem NM
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4110927 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Feb
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Melhem Nada M NM Smith Kellie N KN Huang Xiao-Li XL Colleton Bonnie A BA Jiang Weimin W Mailliard Robbie B RB Mullins James I JI Rinaldo Charles R CR
Virology 20131220
It is unclear if HIV-1 variants lose the ability to prime naïve CD8(+) cytotoxic T lymphocytes (CTL) during progressive, untreated infection. We conducted a comprehensive longitudinal analysis of viral evolution and its impact on primary and memory CD8(+) T cell responses pre-seroconversion (SC), post-SC, and during combination antiretroviral therapy (cART). Memory T cell responses targeting autologous virus variants reached a nadir by 8 years post-SC with development of AIDS, followed by a tran ...[more]