Complex antigen presentation pathway for an HLA-A*0201-restricted epitope from Chikungunya 6K protein.

• Main Authors: Elena Lorente (Author), Alejandro Barriga (Author), Juan García-Arriaza (Author), François A Lemonnier (Author), Mariano Esteban (Author), Daniel López (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2017-10-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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The adaptive cytotoxic T lymphocyte (CTL)-mediated immune response is critical for clearance of many viral infections. These CTL recognize naturally processed short viral antigenic peptides bound to human leukocyte antigen (HLA) class I molecules on the surface of infected cells. This specific recog...