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ArticleJournal of virology2007

A high viral burden predicts the loss of CD8 T-cell responses specific for subdominant gag epitopes during chronic human immunodeficiency virus infection.

Christof Geldmacher, Clive Gray, Martha Nason, Jeffrey R Currier, Antelmo Haule, Lilian Njovu, Steffen Geis, Oliver Hoffmann, Leonard Maboko, Andreas Meyerhans and 2 more

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Article in Journal of virology, 2007. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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8 citing papers in PubMed, 15 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

12 authors at 4 institutions in 2 countries.

Christof GeldmacherMbeya Medical Research Programme, Referral Hospital, Mbeya, Tanzania. geldmacherc@mail.nih.gov
Clive Gray
Martha Nason
Jeffrey R Currier
Antelmo Haule
Lilian Njovu
Steffen Geis
Oliver Hoffmann
Leonard Maboko
Andreas Meyerhans
Josephine Cox
Michael Hoelscher
Mbeya University of Science and Technology · TZLudwig-Maximilians-Universität München · DENational Institute for Communicable DiseasesSaarland University · DE

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-specific CD8 T-cell responses targeting products encoded within the Gag open reading frame have frequently been associated with better viral control and disease outcome during the chronic phase of HIV infection. To further clarify this relationship, we have studied the dynamics of Gag-specific CD8 T-cell responses in relation to plasma viral load and time since infection in 33 chronically infected subjects over a 9-month period. High baseline viral loads were associated with a net loss of breadth (P < 0.001) and a decrease in the total magnitude of the Gag-specific T-cell response in general (P = 0.03). Most importantly, the baseline viral load predicted the subsequent change in the breadth of Gag recognition over time (P < 0.0001, r(2) = 0.41). Compared to maintained responses, lost responses were low in magnitude (P < 0.0001) and subdominant in the hierarchy of Gag-specific responses. The present study indicates that chronic exposure of the human immune system to high levels of HIV viremia is a determinant of virus-specific CD8 T-cell loss.

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Viral LoadCD4 Lymphocyte CountCD8-Positive T-LymphocytesChronic DiseaseCohort StudiesEpitopesFemaleGene Products, gagHIV-1HIV InfectionsHumansPredictive Value of TestsRNA, ViralViremiaEpitopesGene Products, gagRNA, Viral

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PMID17898052
PMCPMC2168820
OpenAlexW2148454077

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