Figure 4. Vpu Downregulates HLA-C Specifically and Not HLA-B or HLA-A.
Primary CD4+ cells were infected in vitro with the HIV molecular clone WITO (top) or a mutant of WITO that does not express Nef (bottom). Cytometry staining of HLA-A, HLA-B, or HLA-C is shown for infected (red) and uninfected cells (black) and for an isotype control (gray). Infected cells within cultures were discriminated by co-staining for the viral protein Gag. CD4 cells were derived from donors homozygous for the A*02:01, B*44:02, C*0501 haplotype. See also Figure S5.