Role of interleukin-10 in T helper cell dysfunction in asymptomatic individuals infected with the human immunodeficiency virus.

M Clerici, TA Wynn, JA Berzofsky… - The Journal of …, 1994 - Am Soc Clin Investig
The loss of T helper cell (TH) function in asymptomatic HIV type 1-infected individuals occurs
before the decline in CD4+ T cells. At least part of the loss in TH function results from …

Cell-mediated immune response to human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) type 1 in seronegative homosexual men with recent sexual exposure to HIV-1

M Clerici, JV Giorgi, CC Chou… - Journal of Infectious …, 1992 - academic.oup.com
Although human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) type 1 infection is efficiently transmitted by
sexual intercourse, some individuals whose sexual behavior places them at extremely high …

Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)–specific cellular immune responses in newborns exposed to HIV in utero

L Kuhn, S Meddows-Taylor, G Gray… - Clinical infectious …, 2002 - academic.oup.com
Significant immunological changes are associated with intrauterine human
immunodeficiency virus (HIV) encounter among uninfected infants of HIV-infected mothers …

Approaches to improve engineered vaccines for human immunodeficiency virus and other viruses that cause chronic infections

JA Berzofsky, JD Ahlers, MA Derby… - Immunological …, 1999 - Wiley Online Library
We used several approaches to develop enhanced vaccines for chronic viral infections such
as human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and hepatitis C virus (HCV), I) Selected epitopes …

Restoration of HIV-specific cell-mediated immune responses by interleukin-12 in vitro

M Clerici, DR Lucey, JA Berzofsky, LA Pinto, TA Wynn… - Science, 1993 - science.org
Peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) from many asymptomatic individuals infected
with human immunodeficiency virus-type 1 (HIV) are unresponsive as measured by in vitro T …

ENV-specific cytotoxic T lymphocyte responses in HIV seronegative health care workers occupationally exposed to HIV-contaminated body fluids.

LA Pinto, J Sullivan, JA Berzofsky… - The Journal of …, 1995 - Am Soc Clin Investig
Identification of the components of protective immunity are crucial for the development of
effective prophylactic and therapeutic vaccine strategies. Analysis of HIV-specific responses …

HIV-specific T-helper activity in seronegative health care workers exposed to contaminated blood

M Clerici, JM Levin, HA Kessler, A Harris, JA Berzofsky… - Jama, 1994 - jamanetwork.com
Objective.—To evaluate human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) type 1—specific cellular
immune responses in HIV-seronegative health care workers with occupational high-risk …

Identification and antigenicity of broadly cross-reactive and conserved human immunodeficiency virus type 1-derived helper T-lymphocyte epitopes

CC Wilson, B Palmer, S Southwood, J Sidney… - Journal of …, 2001 - Am Soc Microbiol
Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-specific helper T lymphocytes (HTL) play a key role in
the immune control of HIV type 1 (HIV-1) infection, and as such are an important target of …

Localization of CD4+ T cell epitope hotspots to exposed strands of HIV envelope glycoprotein suggests structural influences on antigen processing

S Surman, TD Lockey, KS Slobod… - Proceedings of the …, 2001 - National Acad Sciences
The spectrum of immunogenic epitopes presented by the H2-IAb MHC class II molecule to
CD4+ T cells has been defined for two different (clade B and clade D) HIV envelope (gp140) …

Induction of cross-reactive cytotoxic T-lymphocyte responses specific for HIV-1 gp120 using saponin adjuvant (QS-21) supplemented subunit vaccine formulations

MJ Newman, JY Wu, BH Gardner, CA Anderson… - Vaccine, 1997 - Elsevier
The antigenic variation associated with Human Immunodeficiency Virus type-1 (HIV-1)
envelope proteins could limit their utility in vaccines if the immune responses induced are …