Not too long ago, it was still a mystery how the immune system was able to recognize the
infinite number of viruses, bacteria, and other parasites and foreign elements. It was thought …

The sequence variability reported for the neutralizing epitopes of HIV-1 has presented a
major obstacle in the search for candidate vaccine (s) to prevent the escalation of the AIDS …

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Infection with the human papillomavirus (HPV) is necessary but not sufficient alone for the
development of cervical carcinoma. A finely balanced virus-host relationship exists which on …

Previous studies have shown that the product of the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV)
and Simian Immunodeficiency Virus (SIV) nef gene is necessary for the development of …

The immune system is a powerful tool to fight intruding pathogens. In order to efficiently
recognizenon-self antigens, the immune systemgenerates a tremendous diversity of …

The reasons for the poor control of HIV infection by the mammalian immune system are
gradually being unraveled. The ability of certain HIV proteins to mutate and thus to elude …

Class I major histocompatibility complex molecules bind intracellular peptides for
presentation to cytotoxic T lymphocytes (CTL). Identification of peptides presented by class I …

Genetic variation within the highly polymorphic human leukocyte antigen (HLA) class I
region contributes to diversity of pathogen recognition by cytotoxic T lymphocytes (CTLs)[1] …

Follow-up studies of patients with acute HCV infection indicate that up to 50% of them
develop a chronic infection. Hypervariability of the putative envelope protein E2/NS1 of HCV …