Published in Law and Health Weekly, October 9th, 2004
According to recent research published in the Journal of Immunology, "According to a number of previous reports, control of HIV replication in humans appears to be linked to the presence of anti-HIV-1 Gag-specific CD8 responses. During the chronic phase of HIV-1 infection, up to 75% of the HIV-infected individuals who express the histocompatibility leukocyte antigen (HLA)-A*0201 recognize the Gag p17 SLYNTVATL (aa residues 77-85) epitope (SL9). However, the role of the anti-SL9 CD8 CTL in controlling HIV-1 infection...
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