Motif inference reveals optimal CTL epitopes presented by HLA class I alleles highly prevalent in southern Africa.
HIV-specific CTL play a central role in immune control of HIV. The basis for understanding the success or failure of this immune response requires identification of the specific epitopes targeted by CTL. However, in populations most severely affected by the global epidemic, this fundamental knowledg...
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| author | Honeyborne, I Rathod, A Buchli, R Ramduth, D Moodley, E Rathnavalu, P Chetty, S Day, C Brander, C Hildebrand, W Walker, B Kiepiela, P Goulder, P |
| author_facet | Honeyborne, I Rathod, A Buchli, R Ramduth, D Moodley, E Rathnavalu, P Chetty, S Day, C Brander, C Hildebrand, W Walker, B Kiepiela, P Goulder, P |
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| description | HIV-specific CTL play a central role in immune control of HIV. The basis for understanding the success or failure of this immune response requires identification of the specific epitopes targeted by CTL. However, in populations most severely affected by the global epidemic, this fundamental knowledge is hindered by the lack of characterization of many of the HLA class I alleles highly prevalent in such populations. Overall, the peptide-binding motif has been determined for a small minority (9%) of HLA class I alleles, with a strong bias toward those alleles prevalent in Caucasoid populations. These studies therefore set out to define, in a South African Zulu/Xhosa population at the epicenter of the epidemic, the epitopes presented by alleles highly prevalent, but for which the peptide-binding motif had not been characterized. Using a method of motif inference, epitopes presented by four such alleles prevalent in the Zulu/Xhosa population of Durban, South Africa, namely, B*3910, B*4201, B*8101, and Cw*1801, are described. Importantly, this approach may additionally facilitate optimization of epitopes in certain instances where conflicting reports in the literature exist regarding the peptide-binding motif, such as for HLA-A*2902, also highly prevalent in southern African populations. These data indicate that the previously anomalous position of HLA-A*2902 among HLA-A alleles, outside any recognized HLA-A supertype, is artifactual, and the true position of the A*2902 motif overlaps those of the A1 and A24 supertypes. |
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| spelling | oxford-uuid:3d97f1fb-6647-49d6-85cc-7ce9acd5d05d2022-03-26T14:20:21ZMotif inference reveals optimal CTL epitopes presented by HLA class I alleles highly prevalent in southern Africa.Journal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_dcae04bcuuid:3d97f1fb-6647-49d6-85cc-7ce9acd5d05dEnglishSymplectic Elements at Oxford2006Honeyborne, IRathod, ABuchli, RRamduth, DMoodley, ERathnavalu, PChetty, SDay, CBrander, CHildebrand, WWalker, BKiepiela, PGoulder, PHIV-specific CTL play a central role in immune control of HIV. The basis for understanding the success or failure of this immune response requires identification of the specific epitopes targeted by CTL. However, in populations most severely affected by the global epidemic, this fundamental knowledge is hindered by the lack of characterization of many of the HLA class I alleles highly prevalent in such populations. Overall, the peptide-binding motif has been determined for a small minority (9%) of HLA class I alleles, with a strong bias toward those alleles prevalent in Caucasoid populations. These studies therefore set out to define, in a South African Zulu/Xhosa population at the epicenter of the epidemic, the epitopes presented by alleles highly prevalent, but for which the peptide-binding motif had not been characterized. Using a method of motif inference, epitopes presented by four such alleles prevalent in the Zulu/Xhosa population of Durban, South Africa, namely, B*3910, B*4201, B*8101, and Cw*1801, are described. Importantly, this approach may additionally facilitate optimization of epitopes in certain instances where conflicting reports in the literature exist regarding the peptide-binding motif, such as for HLA-A*2902, also highly prevalent in southern African populations. These data indicate that the previously anomalous position of HLA-A*2902 among HLA-A alleles, outside any recognized HLA-A supertype, is artifactual, and the true position of the A*2902 motif overlaps those of the A1 and A24 supertypes. |
| spellingShingle | Honeyborne, I Rathod, A Buchli, R Ramduth, D Moodley, E Rathnavalu, P Chetty, S Day, C Brander, C Hildebrand, W Walker, B Kiepiela, P Goulder, P Motif inference reveals optimal CTL epitopes presented by HLA class I alleles highly prevalent in southern Africa. |
| title | Motif inference reveals optimal CTL epitopes presented by HLA class I alleles highly prevalent in southern Africa. |
| title_full | Motif inference reveals optimal CTL epitopes presented by HLA class I alleles highly prevalent in southern Africa. |
| title_fullStr | Motif inference reveals optimal CTL epitopes presented by HLA class I alleles highly prevalent in southern Africa. |
| title_full_unstemmed | Motif inference reveals optimal CTL epitopes presented by HLA class I alleles highly prevalent in southern Africa. |
| title_short | Motif inference reveals optimal CTL epitopes presented by HLA class I alleles highly prevalent in southern Africa. |
| title_sort | motif inference reveals optimal ctl epitopes presented by hla class i alleles highly prevalent in southern africa |
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