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Assessing the Innate Sensing of HIV-1 Infected CD4+ T Cells by Plasmacytoid Dendritic Cells Using an Ex vivo Co-culture System.
Published on: September 1, 2015
Species-specific CD1-restricted innate immunity for the development of HIV vaccine
1Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Nippon Medical School, Tokyo 113-8602, 1-1-5 Sendagi, Bunkyo-ku, Japan. htkuhkai@nms.ac.jp
Abstract:
The human immune defense system is composed of two distinct elements: innate immunity located primarily at body surfaces restricted by species-specific CD1 molecules and acquired immunity found mainly in internal compartments associated with individually restricted MHC molecules. Historically, effective vaccines have focused on eliciting pathogen epitope-specific acquired immune responses to protect against infectious diseases; however, such traditional approaches to developing HIV vaccines have been unsuccessful. This review addresses the importance of activating host species-restricted innate immunity to enhance the virus epitope-specific acquired immunity that is needed for HIV vaccines.
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