The MHC locus and genetic susceptibility to autoimmune and infectious diseases

V Matzaraki, V Kumar, C Wijmenga, A Zhernakova - Genome biology, 2017 - Springer
In the past 50 years, variants in the major histocompatibility complex (MHC) locus, also
known as the human leukocyte antigen (HLA), have been reported as major risk factors for …

Towards a systems understanding of MHC class I and MHC class II antigen presentation

J Neefjes, MLM Jongsma, P Paul… - Nature reviews …, 2011 - nature.com
The molecular details of antigen processing and presentation by MHC class I and class II
molecules have been studied extensively for almost three decades. Although the basic …

HIV and HLA class I: an evolving relationship

PJR Goulder, BD Walker - Immunity, 2012 - cell.com
Successful vaccine development for infectious diseases has largely been achieved in
settings where natural immunity to the pathogen results in clearance in at least some …

Selection bias at the heterosexual HIV-1 transmission bottleneck

JM Carlson, M Schaefer, DC Monaco, R Batorsky… - Science, 2014 - science.org
Introduction Heterosexual HIV-1 transmission is an inefficient process with rates reported at<
1% per unprotected sexual exposure. When transmission occurs, systemic infection is …

Africa-specific human genetic variation near CHD1L associates with HIV-1 load

PJ McLaren, I Porreca, G Iaconis, HP Mok… - Nature, 2023 - nature.com
HIV-1 remains a global health crisis, highlighting the need to identify new targets for
therapies. Here, given the disproportionate HIV-1 burden and marked human genome …

Pegylated Interferon alfa-2a monotherapy results in suppression of HIV type 1 replication and decreased cell-associated HIV DNA integration

L Azzoni, AS Foulkes, E Papasavvas… - The Journal of …, 2013 - academic.oup.com
Abstract Background. Antiretroviral therapy (ART)–mediated immune reconstitution fails to
restore the capacity of the immune system to spontaneously control human …

Vertical T cell immunodominance and epitope entropy determine HIV-1 escape

MKP Liu, N Hawkins, AJ Ritchie… - The Journal of …, 2012 - Am Soc Clin Investig
HIV-1 accumulates mutations in and around reactive epitopes to escape recognition and
killing by CD8+ T cells. Measurements of HIV-1 time to escape should therefore provide …

Human immunodeficiency virus type 1 long-term non-progressors: the viral, genetic and immunological basis for disease non-progression

K Poropatich, DJ Sullivan Jr - Journal of General Virology, 2011 - microbiologyresearch.org
A small subset of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1)-infected, therapy-naive
individuals–referred to as long-term non-progressors (LTNPs)–maintain a favourable course …

Human-leukocyte antigen class I Cw 1502 and class II DR 0301 genotypes are associated with resistance to severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) infection

SF Wang, KH Chen, M Chen, WY Li, YJ Chen… - Viral …, 2011 - liebertpub.com
One-hundred and thirty confirmed cases of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) were
recruited to evaluate their anti-SARS-coronavirus (CoV) antibody status and human …

Definition of the viral targets of protective HIV-1-specific T cell responses

B Mothe, A Llano, J Ibarrondo, M Daniels… - Journal of translational …, 2011 - Springer
Background The efficacy of the CTL component of a future HIV-1 vaccine will depend on the
induction of responses with the most potent antiviral activity and broad HLA class I …