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ArticleVirology2011

Impaired memory CD8 T cell responses against an immunodominant retroviral cryptic epitope.

Melanie R Rutkowski, Cynthia A Stevens, William R Green

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Article in Virology, 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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4citing papers in PubMed
0.6field-weighted citation impact, top 33% of its field
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4 citing papers in PubMed, 6 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Melanie R RutkowskiDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology and Norris Cotton Cancer Center, Dartmouth Medical School, One Medical Center Drive, Borwell Bldg, Lebanon, NH 03756, USA.
Cynthia A Stevens
William R Green
Dartmouth College · US

Funding

Translational Engineering in Cancer (TEC)P30CA023108 · NCI · DARTMOUTH COLLEGE · PI Fred W Kolling IV · 1985 to 2026
$91.3M
IMMUNOBIOLOGY OF MYELOID AND LYMPHOID CELLST32AI007363 · NIAID · DARTMOUTH COLLEGE · PI Claudia V Jakubzick · 1990 to 2026
$9.5M
The Pathogenesis of MAIDS and Specific T Cell ResponsesR01CA050157 · NCI · DARTMOUTH COLLEGE · PI GREEN, WILLIAM R · 1990 to 2009
$2.6M
AUTOIMMUNITY &CONNECTIVE TISSUE BIOLOGY TRAININGT32AR007576 · NIAMS · DARTMOUTH COLLEGE · PI RIGBY, WILLIAM FREDERICK CARSON · 1994 to 2008
$1.7M
NCI NIH HHS CA50157NCI NIH HHS P30 CA023108NCI NIH HHS R01 CA050157NIAID NIH HHS T32 AI007363NIAID NIH HHS T32AI07363NIAMS NIH HHS T32 AR007576NIAMS NIH HHS T32AR007576
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The immunodominant cryptic epitope SYNTGRFPPL, encoded within open reading frame 2 of the LP-BM5 retroviral gag gene, is critical for protection against retroviral-induced pathogenesis. The goal of this study was to dissect the memory response against this unique immunodominant cryptic epitope. Unlike the protective acute effector population of SYNTGRFPPL-specific CD8 T cells, long-lived SYNTGRFPPL-specific CD8 T cells lacked the ability to protect susceptible mice infected with LP-BM5 retrovirus. Compared to memory CD8 T cells against a conventional epitope with similar MHC-I specificity, primed and restimulated using similar conditions, long-lived SYNTGRFPPL-specific CD8 T cells were impaired in their ability to recall against antigen, with reduced cytolytic capabilities and cytokine production. Since similar priming and restimulation regimes were utilized to generate each effector CD8 T cell population, this study has potentially broad implications with regard to the selection criteria of potent, highly conserved cryptic epitopes for use in epitope-based vaccines.

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CD8-Positive T-LymphocytesImmunologic MemoryAnimalsCytokinesCytotoxicity, ImmunologicEpitopes, T-LymphocyteFemaleGene Products, gagImmunodominant EpitopesMiceMice, Inbred BALB CRetroviridaeRetroviridae InfectionsCytokinesEpitopes, T-LymphocyteGene Products, gagImmunodominant Epitopes

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PMID21295815
PMCPMC3060943
OpenAlexW2055250042

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