The impact of host genetic variation on infection with HIV-1

PJ McLaren, M Carrington - Nature immunology, 2015 - nature.com
The outcome after infection with the human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) is a
complex phenotype determined by interactions among the pathogen, the human host and …

HIV-1 adaptation to HLA: a window into virus–host immune interactions

JM Carlson, AQ Le, A Shahid, ZL Brumme - Trends in microbiology, 2015 - cell.com
HIV-1 develops specific mutations within its genome that allow it to escape detection by
human leukocyte antigen (HLA) class I-restricted immune responses, notably those of CD8+ …

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 …

Impact of pre-adapted HIV transmission

JM Carlson, VY Du, N Pfeifer, A Bansal, VYF Tan… - Nature medicine, 2016 - nature.com
Human leukocyte antigen class I (HLA)-restricted CD8+ T lymphocyte (CTL) responses are
crucial to HIV-1 control. Although HIV can evade these responses, the longer-term impact of …

Impact of HLA-driven HIV adaptation on virulence in populations of high HIV seroprevalence

R Payne, M Muenchhoff, J Mann… - Proceedings of the …, 2014 - National Acad Sciences
It is widely believed that epidemics in new hosts diminish in virulence over time, with natural
selection favoring pathogens that cause minimal disease. However, a tradeoff frequently …

Variation in HIV-1 Nef function within and among viral subtypes reveals genetically separable antagonism of SERINC3 and SERINC5

SW Jin, FM Mwimanzi, JK Mann, MB Bwana… - PLoS …, 2020 - journals.plos.org
HIV Nef counteracts cellular host restriction factors SERINC3 and SERINC5, but our
understanding of how naturally occurring global Nef sequence diversity impacts these …

Role of HLA adaptation in HIV evolution

HN Kløverpris, A Leslie, P Goulder - Frontiers in immunology, 2016 - frontiersin.org
Killing of HIV-infected cells by CD8+ T-cells imposes strong selection pressure on the virus
toward escape. The HLA class I molecules that are successful in mediating some degree of …

Analysis of mycotoxin and secondary metabolites in commercial and traditional Slovak cheese samples

L Izzo, P Mikušová, S Lombardi, M Sulyok, A Ritieni - Toxins, 2022 - mdpi.com
Cheese represents a dairy product extremely inclined to fungal growth and mycotoxin
production. The growth of fungi belonging to Aspergillus, Penicillium, Fusarium, Claviceps …

Subtype‐independent near full‐length HIV‐1 genome sequencing and assembly to be used in large molecular epidemiological studies and clinical management

S Grossmann, P Nowak, U Neogi - African Journal of …, 2015 - journals.lww.com
Abstract Introduction: HIV-1 near full-length genome (HIV-NFLG) sequencing from plasma is
an attractive multidimensional tool to apply in large-scale population-based molecular …

HIV peptidome-wide association study reveals patient-specific epitope repertoires associated with HIV control

J Arora, PJ McLaren, N Chaturvedi… - Proceedings of the …, 2019 - National Acad Sciences
Genetic variation in the peptide-binding groove of the highly polymorphic HLA class I
molecules has repeatedly been associated with HIV-1 control and progression to AIDS …