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. 2013 May 23;9(5):e1003383. doi: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1003383

Figure 4. Collective impact of HCMV immunoevasins on the recognition of IE-1 T cell epitopes with different HLA restrictions.

Figure 4

Fibroblasts were infected with HCMV AD169 (CMV-wt) or an AD169 variant lacking the four immunoevasins US2, 3, 6, and 11 (CMV-Δall). Recognition by various IE-1 epitope-specific T cell clones with the indicated specificities was analyzed. To cover every required HLA allotype, three primary fibroblast cell lines were used: MRC-5 (C*0702, A*0201), WI-38 (A*6801, B*0801), BFF2 (A*0301, B*4001). Fibroblasts were precultured in the presence (A) or absence (B) of IFN-γ for 72 hours, then infected at moi = 5 and cocultivated with T cells at 48 hours post infection (10 000 fibroblasts and 10 000 T cells per well). IFN-γ secretion was measured by ELISA. Targets included cells that were not infected (n.i.) or peptide-loaded (n.i. +peptide). One to four representative T cell clones of each specificity were analyzed. Data are shown as mean+SD of triplicate samples. One representative of three independent experiments is shown.