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    The ecology of genetically diverse infections (2001)
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    Publication Date: 2001-05-16
    Description: Microparasite infections often consist of genetically distinct clonal lineages. Ecological interactions between these lineages within hosts can influence disease severity, epidemiology, and evolution. Many medical and veterinary interventions have an impact on genetic diversity within infections, but there is little understanding of the long-term consequences of such interventions for public and animal health. Indeed, much of the theory in this area is based on assumptions contradicted by the available data.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Read, A F -- Taylor, L H -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 2001 May 11;292(5519):1099-102.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Institute of Cell, Animal and Population Biology, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH9 3JT, UK. a.read@ed.ac.uk〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11352063" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Animals ; Bacteria/genetics/pathogenicity ; Bacterial Infections/epidemiology/*microbiology/therapy/transmission ; *Biological Evolution ; Drug Resistance/genetics ; Ecology ; Genetic Variation/*genetics ; Humans ; Malaria/parasitology ; Parasitic Diseases/epidemiology/*parasitology ; Plasmodium/genetics/physiology ; Selection, Genetic ; Virulence/genetics
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    Comparative genome sequencing for discovery of novel polymorphisms in Bacillus anthracis (2002)
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    Publication Date: 2002-05-11
    Description: Comparison of the whole-genome sequence of Bacillus anthracis isolated from a victim of a recent bioterrorist anthrax attack with a reference reveals 60 new markers that include single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs), inserted or deleted sequences, and tandem repeats. Genome comparison detected four high-quality SNPs between the two sequenced B. anthracis chromosomes and seven differences among different preparations of the reference genome. These markers have been tested on a collection of anthrax isolates and were found to divide these samples into distinct families. These results demonstrate that genome-based analysis of microbial pathogens will provide a powerful new tool for investigation of infectious disease outbreaks.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Read, Timothy D -- Salzberg, Steven L -- Pop, Mihai -- Shumway, Martin -- Umayam, Lowell -- Jiang, Lingxia -- Holtzapple, Erik -- Busch, Joseph D -- Smith, Kimothy L -- Schupp, James M -- Solomon, Daniel -- Keim, Paul -- Fraser, Claire M -- R01-LM06845/LM/NLM NIH HHS/ -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 2002 Jun 14;296(5575):2028-33. Epub 2002 May 9.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉The Institute for Genomic Research, 9712 Medical Center Drive, Rockville, MD 20850, USA., Department of Biological Sciences, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ 86011, USA.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12004073" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Animals ; Anthrax/microbiology ; Bacillus anthracis/classification/*genetics/isolation & ; purification/pathogenicity ; Bacterial Typing Techniques ; Base Sequence ; Bioterrorism ; Chromosome Inversion ; Computational Biology ; Disease Outbreaks ; Genetic Markers ; *Genetic Variation ; *Genome, Bacterial ; Genomics ; Humans ; Minisatellite Repeats ; Molecular Sequence Data ; Mutation ; Phenotype ; Phylogeny ; Plasmids ; *Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide ; Recombination, Genetic ; Repetitive Sequences, Nucleic Acid ; *Sequence Analysis, DNA ; Sequence Deletion ; Species Specificity ; Transposases/genetics ; Virulence/genetics
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    A redox switch in angiotensinogen modulates angiotensin release (2010)
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    Publication Date: 2010-10-12
    Description: Blood pressure is critically controlled by angiotensins, which are vasopressor peptides specifically released by the enzyme renin from the tail of angiotensinogen-a non-inhibitory member of the serpin family of protease inhibitors. Although angiotensinogen has long been regarded as a passive substrate, the crystal structures solved here to 2.1 A resolution show that the angiotensin cleavage site is inaccessibly buried in its amino-terminal tail. The conformational rearrangement that makes this site accessible for proteolysis is revealed in our 4.4 A structure of the complex of human angiotensinogen with renin. The co-ordinated changes involved are seen to be critically linked by a conserved but labile disulphide bridge. Here we show that the reduced unbridged form of angiotensinogen is present in the circulation in a near 40:60 ratio with the oxidized sulphydryl-bridged form, which preferentially interacts with receptor-bound renin. We propose that this redox-responsive transition of angiotensinogen to a form that will more effectively release angiotensin at a cellular level contributes to the modulation of blood pressure. Specifically, we demonstrate the oxidative switch of angiotensinogen to its more active sulphydryl-bridged form in the maternal circulation in pre-eclampsia-the hypertensive crisis of pregnancy that threatens the health and survival of both mother and child.〈br /〉〈br /〉〈a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3024006/" target="_blank"〉〈img src="https://static.pubmed.gov/portal/portal3rc.fcgi/4089621/img/3977009" border="0"〉〈/a〉   〈a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3024006/" target="_blank"〉This paper as free author manuscript - peer-reviewed and accepted for publication〈/a〉〈br /〉〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Zhou, Aiwu -- Carrell, Robin W -- Murphy, Michael P -- Wei, Zhenquan -- Yan, Yahui -- Stanley, Peter L D -- Stein, Penelope E -- Broughton Pipkin, Fiona -- Read, Randy J -- 082961/Wellcome Trust/United Kingdom -- BS/05/002/18361/British Heart Foundation/United Kingdom -- MC_U105663142/Medical Research Council/United Kingdom -- PG/08/041/24818/British Heart Foundation/United Kingdom -- PG/09/072/27945/British Heart Foundation/United Kingdom -- British Heart Foundation/United Kingdom -- Medical Research Council/United Kingdom -- Wellcome Trust/United Kingdom -- England -- Nature. 2010 Nov 4;468(7320):108-11. doi: 10.1038/nature09505. Epub 2010 Oct 6.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Department of Haematology, Cambridge Institute for Medical Research, University of Cambridge, Hills Road, Cambridge CB2 0XY, UK. awz20@cam.ac.uk〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20927107" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Amino Acid Sequence ; Angiotensinogen/blood/*chemistry/*metabolism ; Angiotensins/chemistry/*metabolism/secretion ; Blood Pressure ; Crystallography, X-Ray ; Disulfides/chemistry/metabolism ; Female ; Humans ; Kinetics ; Models, Molecular ; Molecular Sequence Data ; Oxidation-Reduction ; Oxidative Stress ; Pre-Eclampsia/blood/metabolism ; Pregnancy ; Protein Conformation ; *Protein Processing, Post-Translational ; Renin/chemistry/metabolism
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    N-myristoyltransferase inhibitors as new leads to treat sleeping sickness (2010)
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    Publication Date: 2010-04-03
    Description: African sleeping sickness or human African trypanosomiasis, caused by Trypanosoma brucei spp., is responsible for approximately 30,000 deaths each year. Available treatments for this disease are poor, with unacceptable efficacy and safety profiles, particularly in the late stage of the disease when the parasite has infected the central nervous system. Here we report the validation of a molecular target and the discovery of associated lead compounds with the potential to address this lack of suitable treatments. Inhibition of this target-T. brucei N-myristoyltransferase-leads to rapid killing of trypanosomes both in vitro and in vivo and cures trypanosomiasis in mice. These high-affinity inhibitors bind into the peptide substrate pocket of the enzyme and inhibit protein N-myristoylation in trypanosomes. The compounds identified have promising pharmaceutical properties and represent an opportunity to develop oral drugs to treat this devastating disease. Our studies validate T. brucei N-myristoyltransferase as a promising therapeutic target for human African trypanosomiasis.〈br /〉〈br /〉〈a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2917743/" target="_blank"〉〈img src="https://static.pubmed.gov/portal/portal3rc.fcgi/4089621/img/3977009" border="0"〉〈/a〉   〈a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2917743/" target="_blank"〉This paper as free author manuscript - peer-reviewed and accepted for publication〈/a〉〈br /〉〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Frearson, Julie A -- Brand, Stephen -- McElroy, Stuart P -- Cleghorn, Laura A T -- Smid, Ondrej -- Stojanovski, Laste -- Price, Helen P -- Guther, M Lucia S -- Torrie, Leah S -- Robinson, David A -- Hallyburton, Irene -- Mpamhanga, Chidochangu P -- Brannigan, James A -- Wilkinson, Anthony J -- Hodgkinson, Michael -- Hui, Raymond -- Qiu, Wei -- Raimi, Olawale G -- van Aalten, Daan M F -- Brenk, Ruth -- Gilbert, Ian H -- Read, Kevin D -- Fairlamb, Alan H -- Ferguson, Michael A J -- Smith, Deborah F -- Wyatt, Paul G -- 077503/Wellcome Trust/United Kingdom -- 077705/Wellcome Trust/United Kingdom -- 085622/Wellcome Trust/United Kingdom -- 087590/Wellcome Trust/United Kingdom -- 1097737/Canadian Institutes of Health Research/Canada -- G0900138/Medical Research Council/United Kingdom -- G0900138(90614)/Medical Research Council/United Kingdom -- WT077503/Wellcome Trust/United Kingdom -- WT077705/Wellcome Trust/United Kingdom -- WT083481,/Wellcome Trust/United Kingdom -- WT085622/Wellcome Trust/United Kingdom -- England -- Nature. 2010 Apr 1;464(7289):728-32. doi: 10.1038/nature08893.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Drug Discovery Unit, Division of Biological Chemistry and Drug Discovery, University of Dundee, Dundee DD1 5EH, UK.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20360736" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Acyltransferases/*antagonists & inhibitors/metabolism ; Aminopyridines/chemistry/metabolism/pharmacology/therapeutic use ; Animals ; Antiparasitic Agents/chemistry/metabolism/*pharmacology/*therapeutic use ; Enzyme Assays ; Enzyme Inhibitors/chemistry/metabolism/pharmacology/therapeutic use ; Female ; Humans ; Mice ; Molecular Structure ; Pyrazoles/chemistry/metabolism/pharmacology/therapeutic use ; Rats ; Sulfonamides/chemistry/metabolism/pharmacology/therapeutic use ; Time Factors ; Trypanosoma brucei brucei/*drug effects/*enzymology/growth & development ; Trypanosomiasis, African/*drug therapy/*parasitology
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    Microbiology. Mosquitoes cut short (2009)
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    Publication Date: 2009-01-03
    Description: 〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Read, Andrew F -- Thomas, Matthew B -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 2009 Jan 2;323(5910):51-2. doi: 10.1126/science.1168659.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Center for Infectious Disease Dynamics, Department of Biology, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802, USA. a.read@psu.edu〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19119208" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Aedes/genetics/*microbiology/physiology/virology ; Animals ; Dengue/prevention & control/transmission ; Dengue Virus/*growth & development ; Female ; Humans ; Insect Vectors/genetics/*microbiology/physiology/virology ; Longevity ; Malaria/prevention & control/transmission ; Male ; Pest Control, Biological ; Selection, Genetic ; Virulence ; Wolbachia/genetics/pathogenicity/*physiology
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    Partitioning regulatory mechanisms of within-host malaria dynamics using the effective propagation number (2011)
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    Publication Date: 2011-08-20
    Description: Immune clearance and resource limitation (via red blood cell depletion) shape the peaks and troughs of malaria parasitemia, which in turn affect disease severity and transmission. Quantitatively partitioning the relative roles of these effects through time is challenging. Using data from rodent malaria, we estimated the effective propagation number, which reflects the relative importance of contrasting within-host control mechanisms through time and is sensitive to the inoculating parasite dose. Our analysis showed that the capacity of innate responses to restrict initial parasite growth saturates with parasite dose and that experimentally enhanced innate immunity can affect parasite density indirectly via resource depletion. Such a statistical approach offers a tool to improve targeting of drugs or vaccines for human therapy by revealing the dynamics and interactions of within-host regulatory mechanisms.〈br /〉〈br /〉〈a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3891600/" target="_blank"〉〈img src="https://static.pubmed.gov/portal/portal3rc.fcgi/4089621/img/3977009" border="0"〉〈/a〉   〈a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3891600/" target="_blank"〉This paper as free author manuscript - peer-reviewed and accepted for publication〈/a〉〈br /〉〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Metcalf, C J E -- Graham, A L -- Huijben, S -- Barclay, V C -- Long, G H -- Grenfell, B T -- Read, A F -- Bjornstad, O N -- R01 GM089932/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/ -- R01GM089932/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/ -- R24 HD047879/HD/NICHD NIH HHS/ -- Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council/United Kingdom -- Wellcome Trust/United Kingdom -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 2011 Aug 19;333(6045):984-8. doi: 10.1126/science.1204588.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Department of Zoology, Oxford University, Oxford OX1 3PS, UK. charlotte.metcalf@zoo.ox.ac.uk〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21852493" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Adaptive Immunity ; Animals ; Antibodies/immunology ; CD4-Positive T-Lymphocytes/immunology ; Erythrocyte Aging ; Erythrocyte Count ; Erythrocytes/*parasitology/physiology ; Host-Parasite Interactions ; Humans ; Immunity, Innate ; Interleukin-10/immunology/metabolism ; Malaria/blood/*immunology/*parasitology ; Mice ; Models, Biological ; Models, Statistical ; *Parasitemia/blood/immunology/parasitology ; Plasmodium chabaudi/immunology/*physiology ; Receptors, Interleukin-10/immunology ; Regression Analysis
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    Role of mobile DNA in the evolution of vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecalis (2003)
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    Publication Date: 2003-03-29
    Description: The complete genome sequence of Enterococcus faecalis V583, a vancomycin-resistant clinical isolate, revealed that more than a quarter of the genome consists of probable mobile or foreign DNA. One of the predicted mobile elements is a previously unknown vanB vancomycin-resistance conjugative transposon. Three plasmids were identified, including two pheromone-sensing conjugative plasmids, one encoding a previously undescribed pheromone inhibitor. The apparent propensity for the incorporation of mobile elements probably contributed to the rapid acquisition and dissemination of drug resistance in the enterococci.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Paulsen, I T -- Banerjei, L -- Myers, G S A -- Nelson, K E -- Seshadri, R -- Read, T D -- Fouts, D E -- Eisen, J A -- Gill, S R -- Heidelberg, J F -- Tettelin, H -- Dodson, R J -- Umayam, L -- Brinkac, L -- Beanan, M -- Daugherty, S -- DeBoy, R T -- Durkin, S -- Kolonay, J -- Madupu, R -- Nelson, W -- Vamathevan, J -- Tran, B -- Upton, J -- Hansen, T -- Shetty, J -- Khouri, H -- Utterback, T -- Radune, D -- Ketchum, K A -- Dougherty, B A -- Fraser, C M -- AI40963-02/AI/NIAID NIH HHS/ -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 2003 Mar 28;299(5615):2071-4.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Institute for Genomic Research, 9712 Medical Center Drive, Rockville, MD 20850, USA. ipaulsen@tigr.org〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12663927" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Adhesins, Bacterial/genetics ; Bacterial Adhesion ; Bacterial Proteins/genetics ; *Biological Evolution ; Carrier Proteins/genetics/metabolism ; Chromosomes, Bacterial/genetics ; Conjugation, Genetic ; Conserved Sequence ; DNA Transposable Elements ; Digestive System/microbiology ; Drug Resistance, Multiple, Bacterial ; Enterococcus faecalis/drug effects/*genetics/pathogenicity/physiology ; Gene Transfer, Horizontal ; *Genome, Bacterial ; Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections/microbiology ; Humans ; *Interspersed Repetitive Sequences ; Lysogeny ; Open Reading Frames ; Oxidative Stress ; Plasmids ; *Sequence Analysis, DNA ; Synteny ; Vancomycin Resistance/*genetics ; Virulence/genetics ; Virulence Factors/genetics
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    The problem of child sexual abuse (2005)
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    Publication Date: 2005-08-23
    Description: 〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Read, John -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 2005 Aug 19;309(5738):1182-5; author reply 1182-5.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16114118" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Child ; *Child Abuse, Sexual/psychology/statistics & numerical data ; Humans ; Mandatory Reporting ; Mental Disorders/*etiology
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    GTF2IRD1 in craniofacial development of humans and mice (2005)
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    Publication Date: 2005-11-19
    Description: Craniofacial abnormalities account for about one-third of all human congenital defects, but our understanding of the genetic mechanisms governing craniofacial development is incomplete. We show that GTF2IRD1 is a genetic determinant of mammalian craniofacial and cognitive development, and we implicate another member of the TFII-I transcription factor family, GTF2I, in both aspects. Gtf2ird1-null mice exhibit phenotypic abnormalities reminiscent of the human microdeletion disorder Williams-Beuren syndrome (WBS); craniofacial imaging reveals abnormalities in both skull and jaws that may arise through misregulation of goosecoid, a downstream target of Gtf2ird1. In humans, a rare WBS individual with an atypical deletion, including GTF2IRD1, shows facial dysmorphism and cognitive deficits that differ from those of classic WBS cases. We propose a mechanism of cumulative dosage effects of duplicated and diverged genes applicable to other human chromosomal disorders.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Tassabehji, May -- Hammond, Peter -- Karmiloff-Smith, Annette -- Thompson, Pamela -- Thorgeirsson, Snorri S -- Durkin, Marian E -- Popescu, Nicholas C -- Hutton, Timothy -- Metcalfe, Kay -- Rucka, Agnes -- Stewart, Helen -- Read, Andrew P -- Maconochie, Mark -- Donnai, Dian -- Wellcome Trust/United Kingdom -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 2005 Nov 18;310(5751):1184-7. Epub 2005 Nov 3.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Academic Unit of Medical Genetics, University of Manchester, St. Mary's Hospital, Manchester M13 9PL, UK. m.tassabehji@manchester.ac.uk〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16293761" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Adolescent ; Adult ; Animals ; Cell Line ; Child ; Child, Preschool ; Chromosomes, Human, Pair 7 ; Craniofacial Abnormalities/*genetics ; Face/*embryology ; Female ; Gene Deletion ; Goosecoid Protein/genetics/physiology ; Homozygote ; Humans ; Infant ; Infant, Newborn ; Male ; Mice ; Mice, Inbred C57BL ; Mice, Inbred CBA ; Mice, Transgenic ; Muscle Proteins/*physiology ; Nuclear Proteins/*physiology ; Skull/*embryology ; Trans-Activators/*physiology ; Transcription Factors, TFII/physiology ; Williams Syndrome/*genetics
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    Effects of thymic selection of the T-cell repertoire on HLA class I-associated control of HIV infection (2010)
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    Publication Date: 2010-05-07
    Description: Without therapy, most people infected with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) ultimately progress to AIDS. Rare individuals ('elite controllers') maintain very low levels of HIV RNA without therapy, thereby making disease progression and transmission unlikely. Certain HLA class I alleles are markedly enriched in elite controllers, with the highest association observed for HLA-B57 (ref. 1). Because HLA molecules present viral peptides that activate CD8(+) T cells, an immune-mediated mechanism is probably responsible for superior control of HIV. Here we describe how the peptide-binding characteristics of HLA-B57 molecules affect thymic development such that, compared to other HLA-restricted T cells, a larger fraction of the naive repertoire of B57-restricted clones recognizes a viral epitope, and these T cells are more cross-reactive to mutants of targeted epitopes. Our calculations predict that such a T-cell repertoire imposes strong immune pressure on immunodominant HIV epitopes and emergent mutants, thereby promoting efficient control of the virus. Supporting these predictions, in a large cohort of HLA-typed individuals, our experiments show that the relative ability of HLA-B alleles to control HIV correlates with their peptide-binding characteristics that affect thymic development. Our results provide a conceptual framework that unifies diverse empirical observations, and have implications for vaccination strategies.〈br /〉〈br /〉〈a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3098720/" target="_blank"〉〈img src="https://static.pubmed.gov/portal/portal3rc.fcgi/4089621/img/3977009" border="0"〉〈/a〉   〈a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3098720/" target="_blank"〉This paper as free author manuscript - peer-reviewed and accepted for publication〈/a〉〈br /〉〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Kosmrlj, Andrej -- Read, Elizabeth L -- Qi, Ying -- Allen, Todd M -- Altfeld, Marcus -- Deeks, Steven G -- Pereyra, Florencia -- Carrington, Mary -- Walker, Bruce D -- Chakraborty, Arup K -- DP1 OD001022/OD/NIH HHS/ -- DP1 OD001022-04/OD/NIH HHS/ -- HHSN261200800001E/CA/NCI NIH HHS/ -- HHSN261200800001E/PHS HHS/ -- P30 AI060354/AI/NIAID NIH HHS/ -- R01 AI030914/AI/NIAID NIH HHS/ -- R01 AI030914-07/AI/NIAID NIH HHS/ -- R01 AI030914-09/AI/NIAID NIH HHS/ -- Howard Hughes Medical Institute/ -- Intramural NIH HHS/ -- England -- Nature. 2010 May 20;465(7296):350-4. doi: 10.1038/nature08997. Epub 2010 May 5.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Ragon Institute of MGH, MIT and Harvard, Boston, Massachusetts 02114, USA.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20445539" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Algorithms ; Alleles ; Autoantigens/immunology ; CD8-Positive T-Lymphocytes/*cytology/*immunology ; Cohort Studies ; Cross Reactions/immunology ; Disease Progression ; Genes, MHC Class I/genetics/immunology ; HIV Infections/*immunology ; HIV-1/chemistry/genetics/growth & development/immunology ; HLA-B Antigens/genetics/*immunology ; Host-Pathogen Interactions/immunology ; Humans ; Immunodominant Epitopes ; Models, Immunological ; Protein Binding ; Thymus Gland/cytology/*immunology ; Viral Load/immunology
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