HLA Preferences for Conserved Epitopes: A Potential Mechanism for Hepatitis C Clearance

Resistance to hepatitis C virus: potential genetic and immunological determinants

(2015) Michael M Mina et al.   LANCET INFECTIOUS DISEASES

The elusive function of the hepatitis C virus p7 protein

(2014) Ali M. Atoom et al.   VIROLOGY

Expanded classification of hepatitis C virus into 7 genotypes and 67 subtypes: Updated criteria and genotype assignment web resource

(2013) Donald B. Smith et al.   HEPATOLOGY

HLA/KIR Restraint of HIV: Surviving the Fittest

(2011) Arman A. Bashirova et al.   Annual Review of Immunology

Compensatory Mutations Restore the Replication Defects Caused by Cytotoxic T Lymphocyte Escape Mutations in Hepatitis C Virus Polymerase

(2011) C. Oniangue-Ndza et al.   JOURNAL OF VIROLOGY

Constrained Pattern of Viral Evolution in Acute and Early HCV Infection Limits Viral Plasticity

(2011) Katja Pfafferott et al.   PLoS One

Genetic Diversity of Near Genome-Wide Hepatitis C Virus Sequences during Chronic Infection: Evidence for Protein Structural Conservation Over Time

(2011) Hui Li et al.   PLoS One

Spontaneous Control of HCV Is Associated With Expression of HLA-B*57 and Preservation of Targeted Epitopes

(2010) Arthur Y. Kim et al.   GASTROENTEROLOGY

Human T cell epitopes of Mycobacterium tuberculosis are evolutionarily hyperconserved

(2010) Iñaki Comas et al.   NATURE GENETICS

HLA Class I Binding of HBZ Determines Outcome in HTLV-1 Infection

(2010) Aidan MacNamara et al.   PLoS Pathogens

HLA-B molecules target more conserved regions of the HIV-1 proteome

(2009) Ana I Fontaine Costa et al.   AIDS

Derivation of an amino acid similarity matrix for peptide:MHC binding and its application as a Bayesian prior

(2009) Yohan Kim et al.   BMC BIOINFORMATICS

BLAST+: architecture and applications

(2009) Christiam Camacho et al.   BMC BIOINFORMATICS

Protective effect of human leukocyte antigen B27 in hepatitis C virus infection requires the presence of a genotype-specific immunodominant CD8+ T-cell epitope

(2009) Christoph Neumann-Haefelin et al.   HEPATOLOGY

Specific human leukocyte antigen class I and II alleles associated with hepatitis C virus viremia

(2009) Mark H. Kuniholm et al.   HEPATOLOGY

Loss of viral fitness and cross-recognition by CD8+ T cells limit HCV escape from a protective HLA-B27–restricted human immune response

(2009) Eva Dazert et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL INVESTIGATION

Comprehensive longitudinal analysis of hepatitis C virus (HCV)-specific T cell responses during acute HCV infection in the presence of existing HIV-1 infection

(2009) C. H. S. B. van den Berg et al.   JOURNAL OF VIRAL HEPATITIS

The global burden of hepatitis C

(2009) Daniel Lavanchy   LIVER INTERNATIONAL

The Immune Epitope Database 2.0

(2009) Randi Vita et al.   NUCLEIC ACIDS RESEARCH

NetMHCpan, a method for MHC class I binding prediction beyond humans

(2008) Ilka Hoof et al.   IMMUNOGENETICS

HCV-specific T-cell responses in injecting drug users: evidence for previous exposure to HCV and a role for CD4+ T cells focussing on nonstructural proteins in viral clearance

(2008) T. A. Ruys et al.   JOURNAL OF VIRAL HEPATITIS