کد مقاله کد نشریه سال انتشار مقاله انگلیسی نسخه تمام متن
3425158 1227271 2010 7 صفحه PDF دانلود رایگان
عنوان انگلیسی مقاله ISI
Escape from autologous humoral immunity of HIV-1 is not associated with a decrease in replicative capacity
موضوعات مرتبط
علوم زیستی و بیوفناوری ایمنی شناسی و میکروب شناسی ویروس شناسی
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Escape from autologous humoral immunity of HIV-1 is not associated with a decrease in replicative capacity
چکیده انگلیسی

Autologous HIV-1-specific neutralizing antibodies (NAbs) seem unable to inhibit viral replication as they rapidly select for neutralization escape variants. However, NAbs could potentially contribute indirectly to the control of HIV-1 if changes in the viral envelope coinciding with NAb escape would impair viral replication fitness. Here we analyzed the replication kinetics of HIV-1 isolated over the course of infection from five typical progressors, three of whom developed strong autologous neutralizing humoral immunity. Viral replication rate did not correlate with viral sensitivity to autologous serum neutralization or with envelope length or number of potential N-linked glycosylation sites in gp120, suggesting that the flexibility of the viral envelope allows escape from NAbs without the loss of viral fitness. Interestingly, the appearance of rapidly replicating viruses late in infection correlated with lower CD4+ T-cell counts, suggesting that this viral characteristic may be positively selected when the availability of target cells becomes limiting.

ناشر
Database: Elsevier - ScienceDirect (ساینس دایرکت)
Journal: Virology - Volume 397, Issue 1, 5 February 2010, Pages 224–230
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