The many important facets of T-cell repertoire diversity

J Nikolich-Žugich, MK Slifka, I Messaoudi - Nature Reviews …, 2004 - nature.com
In the thymus, a diverse and polymorphic T-cell repertoire is generated by random
recombination of discrete T-cell receptor (TCR)-αβ gene segments. This repertoire is then …

T cell dynamics in HIV-1 infection

DC Douek, LJ Picker, RA Koup - Annual review of immunology, 2003 - annualreviews.org
▪ Abstract In the absence of antiretroviral treatment, HIV-1 establishes a chronic, progressive
infection of the human immune system that invariably, over the course of years, leads to its …

Leptin stimulates fatty-acid oxidation by activating AMP-activated protein kinase

Y Minokoshi, YB Kim, OD Peroni, LGD Fryer, C Müller… - Nature, 2002 - nature.com
Leptin is a hormone secreted by adipocytes that plays a pivotal role in regulating food
intake, energy expenditure and neuroendocrine function. Leptin stimulates the oxidation of …

HIV nonprogressors preferentially maintain highly functional HIV-specific CD8+ T cells

MR Betts, MC Nason, SM West, SC De Rosa… - Blood, 2006 - ashpublications.org
Establishing a CD8+ T cell–mediated immune correlate of protection in HIV disease is
crucial to the development of vaccines designed to generate cell-mediated immunity …

Superoxide dismutase as a target for the selective killing of cancer cells

P Huang, L Feng, EA Oldham, MJ Keating, W Plunkett - Nature, 2000 - nature.com
Superoxide dismutases (SOD) are essential enzymes that eliminate superoxide radical (O2-
) and thus protect cells from damage induced by free radicals,,. The active O2-production …

HIV evolution: CTL escape mutation and reversion after transmission

AJ Leslie, KJ Pfafferott, P Chetty, R Draenert… - Nature medicine, 2004 - nature.com
Within-patient HIV evolution reflects the strong selection pressure driving viral escape from
cytotoxic T-lymphocyte (CTL) recognition. Whether this intrapatient accumulation of escape …

Immune control of HIV-1 after early treatment of acute infection

ES Rosenberg, M Altfeld, SH Poon, MN Phillips… - Nature, 2000 - nature.com
Virus-specific T-helper cells are considered critical for the control of chronic viral infections,.
Successful treatment of acute HIV-1 infection leads to augmentation of these responses …

Evidence of HIV-1 adaptation to HLA-restricted immune responses at a population level

CB Moore, M John, IR James, FT Christiansen, CS Witt… - Science, 2002 - science.org
Antigen-specific T cell immunity is HLA-restricted. Human immunodeficiency virus–type 1
(HIV-1) mutations that allow escape from host immune responses may therefore be HLA …

Cellular immune responses to HIV

AJ McMichael, SL Rowland-Jones - Nature, 2001 - nature.com
The cellular immune response to the human immunodeficiency virus, mediated by T
lymphocytes, seems strong but fails to control the infection completely. In most virus …

Tat-specific cytotoxic T lymphocytes select for SIV escape variants during resolution of primary viraemia

TM Allen, DH O'Connor, P **g, JL Dzuris, BR Mothé… - Nature, 2000 - nature.com
Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and simian immunodeficiency virus (SIV) infections
are characterized by early peaks of viraemia that decline as strong cellular immune …