Expression of a novel Nef epitope on the surface of HIV type 1-infected cells
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Yamada, T
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Univ Tokyo, Inst Med Sci, Dept Infect Dis, Minato Ku, Tokyo 1088639, JapanUniv Tokyo, Inst Med Sci, Dept Infect Dis, Minato Ku, Tokyo 1088639, Japan
Yamada, T
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Iwamoto, A
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Univ Tokyo, Inst Med Sci, Dept Infect Dis, Minato Ku, Tokyo 1088639, JapanUniv Tokyo, Inst Med Sci, Dept Infect Dis, Minato Ku, Tokyo 1088639, Japan
Iwamoto, A
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We compared antibody responses to various structural and accessory gene products of HIV-1 between longterm nonprogressors and patients who have progressed to AIDS, On the basis of our results, we performed epitope mapping of the Nef protein and identified a novel epitope. This novel epitope of the Nef protein was found to be exposed on the surface of HIV-1-infected cells, The antibody response against it correlated with CD4(+) cell counts among HIV-1-infected patients (r = 0.457, p < 0.001). Although further research is necessary, we suspect that antibody response against the epitope may be protective against disease progression.
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Sojo Univ, Grad Course Appl Life Sci, Kumamoto 8600082, JapanSojo Univ, Grad Course Appl Life Sci, Kumamoto 8600082, Japan
Ueoka, Ryuichi
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Komizu, Yuji
Matsumoto, Yoko
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Sojo Univ, Grad Course Appl Life Sci, Kumamoto 8600082, JapanSojo Univ, Grad Course Appl Life Sci, Kumamoto 8600082, Japan
Matsumoto, Yoko
Zhong, Yu
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Tokyo Med & Dent Univ, Sch Med, Dept Mol Virol, Bunkyo Ku, Tokyo 1138519, JapanSojo Univ, Grad Course Appl Life Sci, Kumamoto 8600082, Japan
Zhong, Yu
Tanaka, Ritsuko
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Tokyo Med & Dent Univ, Sch Med, Dept Mol Virol, Bunkyo Ku, Tokyo 1138519, JapanSojo Univ, Grad Course Appl Life Sci, Kumamoto 8600082, Japan
Tanaka, Ritsuko
Yamamoto, Naoki
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Tokyo Med & Dent Univ, Sch Med, Dept Mol Virol, Bunkyo Ku, Tokyo 1138519, Japan
Natl Inst Infect Dis, AIDS Res Ctr, Shinjuku Ku, Tokyo 1628640, JapanSojo Univ, Grad Course Appl Life Sci, Kumamoto 8600082, Japan