Immunodominant Epitopes

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  Subject Areas on Research

  • A threshold for central T cell tolerance to an inducible serum protein. 
  • Absence of immunodominant anti-Gag p17 (SL9) responses among Gag CTL-positive, HIV-uninfected vaccine recipients expressing the HLA-A*0201 allele. 
  • Anti-DNA antibodies exhibit different binding motif preferences for single stranded or double stranded DNA. 
  • Containment of simian immunodeficiency virus infection in vaccinated macaques: correlation with the magnitude of virus-specific pre- and postchallenge CD4+ and CD8+ T cell responses. 
  • Cytotoxic-T-lymphocyte-mediated elimination of target cells transduced with engineered adeno-associated virus type 2 vector in vivo. 
  • Dynamic immune responses maintain cytotoxic T lymphocyte epitope mutations in transmitted simian immunodeficiency virus variants. 
  • Effects of cytotoxic T lymphocytes (CTL) directed against a single simian immunodeficiency virus (SIV) Gag CTL epitope on the course of SIVmac239 infection. 
  • Ethylenecarbodiimide-treated splenocytes carrying male CD4 epitopes confer histocompatibility Y chromosome antigen transplant protection by inhibiting CD154 upregulation. 
  • Expansion of tumor-T cell pairs from fine needle aspirates of melanoma metastases. 
  • Functional and molecular characterization of human monoclonal antibody reactive with the immunodominant region of HIV type 1 glycoprotein 41. 
  • Fusion peptide of HIV-1 as a site of vulnerability to neutralizing antibody. 
  • HIV type 1 V3 region primer-induced antibody suppression is overcome by administration of C4-V3 peptides as a polyvalent immunogen. 
  • Hierarchy of risk of childhood-onset rheumatoid arthritis conferred by HLA-DRB1 alleles encoding the shared epitope. 
  • Identification of effective subdominant anti-HIV-1 CD8+ T cells within entire post-infection and post-vaccination immune responses. 
  • Immunodominance and cross-reactivity of B5703-restricted CD8 T lymphocytes from HIV type 1 subtype C-infected Ethiopians. 
  • Influence of HLA-C expression level on HIV control. 
  • Mutational analysis of the IgE-binding epitopes of P34/Gly m Bd 30K. 
  • Mutations in a dominant Nef epitope of simian immunodeficiency virus diminish TCR:epitope peptide affinity but not epitope peptide:MHC class I binding. 
  • Nasal peptide vaccination elicits CD8 responses and reduces viral burden after challenge with virulent murine cytomegalovirus. 
  • Potent simian immunodeficiency virus-specific cellular immune responses in the breast milk of simian immunodeficiency virus-infected, lactating rhesus monkeys. 
  • Primary vascularization of the graft determines the immunodominance of murine minor H antigens during organ transplantation. 
  • Recognition of a small number of diverse epitopes dominates the cytotoxic T lymphocytes response to HIV type 1 in an infected individual. 
  • Residues critical for duck hepatitis B virus neutralization are involved in host cell interaction. 
  • Role of chaperones in antigen processing. 
  • Structural and immunologic correlates of chemically stabilized HIV-1 envelope glycoproteins. 
  • Targeted Elimination of Immunodominant B Cells Drives the Germinal Center Reaction toward Subdominant Epitopes. 
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  Keywords of People

  • Ferrari, Guido, Associate Professor of Surgery, Molecular Genetics and Microbiology