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. 2008 May 21;82(15):7395–7410. doi: 10.1128/JVI.00800-08

TABLE 1.

Whole-proteome screen with PBMC from the two subjectsa

Sequence Positions in HXB2 HIV-1 protein IFN-γ response magnitude (SFC/106 PBMC) Sequence polymorphism(s)
Progressor ES9
ES9
    ASRELERFAVNPGLL 37-51 Gag 65
    KAFSPEVIPMF 162-172 Gag 600 A163N A163S
    PVGEIYKRWIILGLN 257-271 Gag 75 N271H
    IYKRWIILGLNKIVR 261-275 Gag 3,075 N271H
    FRDYVDRFYKTLRAE 293-307 Gag 70
    YKTLRAEQASQEVKN 301-315 Gag 130
    DCKTILKALGPAATL 329-343 Gag 55
    KEGHIAKNCRAPRKK 397-411 Gag 130 K411R K411R
    IAKNCRAPRKKGCWK 401-415 Gag 170 K411R K411R
    QEEEEVGFPVRPQVP 61-75 Nef 75 65-E insertion
    YKAAVDLSHFLKEKG 81-95 Nef 410 A83G, V85L A83G, V85L
    TQGYFPDWQNYTPGP 117-131 Nef 75
    LSPRTLNAW* 147-155 Gag <30
    KSFSPEVIPMF* 162-172 Gag 520
    TSNLQEQIAW* 240-249 Gag <30
Progressor
    QMVHQAISPRTLNAW 141-155 Gag 110 A146P, I147L A146P, I147L
    IVRMYSPTSILDIRQ 273-287 Gag 60 R286K R286K
    RQANFLGKIWPSHKG 429-443 Gag 75 H441Y
    FLGKIWPSHKGRPGN 433-447 Gag 80 H441Y
    WIILGLNKIVRMYSP 265-279 Gag 60 N271H
    FRDYVDRFYKTLRAE 293-307 Gag 70
    EAVQKIATESIVIWG 525-539 Pol 165 I530V, A531T, V536I
    KIATESIVIWGKTPK 529-543 Pol 135 K540R, T541I I530V, A531T, V536I, T541I
    IVGAETFYVDGAANR 589-603 Pol 385 V590I V590I
    ETFYVDGAANRETKL 593-607 Pol 295 K606R
    QKQITKIQNFRVYYR 929-943 Pol 70
    LEWKFDSRLAFHHMA 181-195 Nef 55 E182V, K184R, M194V E182V, K184R, M194V
    LSPRTLNAW* 147-155 Gag <30
    KNFSPEVIPMF* 162-172 Gag <30
    TSNLQEQITW* 240-249 Gag <30
a

Epitopes that elicited an IFN-γ response are shown with the magnitude of the response (spot-forming cells [SFC] per million PBMC). Substitutions observed in the targeted epitopes are noted. An asterisk indicates responses to autologous HLA-B*57-restricted Gag peptides.