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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
6
pubmed:dateCreated
1991-12-31
pubmed:abstractText
T cell immunity may be critical to development of a vaccine for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV-1). T helper epitopes were identified in three predominantly conserved regions in the HIV-1 reverse transcriptase by using reverse transcriptase-immunized mice of five major histocompatibility complex haplotypes. One peptide (residues 38-52) that stimulated H-2k T cells also contained an epitope recognized by cytotoxic T cells from the same mice and from HIV-infected patients. Such concordance between helper and cytotoxic T lymphocyte epitopes, observed in four cases, may be important in vaccine development. Peptide 36-52 was recognized by interleukin-2-producing peripheral blood T cells from 9 of 17 HIV-seropositive humans studied, of multiple human leukocyte antigen-DR and -DQ types. The broad recognition of this peptide by both helper and cytotoxic T cells substantiates its potential importance in a vaccine.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Dec
pubmed:issn
0022-1899
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
164
pubmed:geneSymbol
pol
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1058-65
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:1720151-Adult, pubmed-meshheading:1720151-Amino Acid Sequence, pubmed-meshheading:1720151-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:1720151-Dose-Response Relationship, Immunologic, pubmed-meshheading:1720151-Epitopes, pubmed-meshheading:1720151-Genes, pol, pubmed-meshheading:1720151-HIV Antigens, pubmed-meshheading:1720151-HIV Reverse Transcriptase, pubmed-meshheading:1720151-HIV Seropositivity, pubmed-meshheading:1720151-HIV-1, pubmed-meshheading:1720151-HLA-DQ Antigens, pubmed-meshheading:1720151-HLA-DR Antigens, pubmed-meshheading:1720151-Haplotypes, pubmed-meshheading:1720151-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:1720151-Interleukin-2, pubmed-meshheading:1720151-Lymphocyte Activation, pubmed-meshheading:1720151-Major Histocompatibility Complex, pubmed-meshheading:1720151-Mice, pubmed-meshheading:1720151-Middle Aged, pubmed-meshheading:1720151-Molecular Sequence Data, pubmed-meshheading:1720151-RNA-Directed DNA Polymerase, pubmed-meshheading:1720151-T-Lymphocytes, Cytotoxic, pubmed-meshheading:1720151-T-Lymphocytes, Helper-Inducer
pubmed:year
1991
pubmed:articleTitle
Human immunodeficiency virus reverse transcriptase T helper epitopes identified in mice and humans: correlation with a cytotoxic T cell epitope.
pubmed:affiliation
Molecular Immunogenetics and Vaccine Research Section, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article