immune system
• infection with measles virus (MV) generates a large cytotoxic T cell population that can target human cells presenting MV antigens in the context of HLA-B27
• these HLA-B27-restricted CTLs have high affinity for MV antigens with half maximal CTL-mediated lysis of target cells occurring at low (3x10 M-8) peptide concentrations
• these CTLs fail to generate a cytotoxic response against target cells with HLA-A2 haplotype
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hematopoietic system
• infection with measles virus (MV) generates a large cytotoxic T cell population that can target human cells presenting MV antigens in the context of HLA-B27
• these HLA-B27-restricted CTLs have high affinity for MV antigens with half maximal CTL-mediated lysis of target cells occurring at low (3x10 M-8) peptide concentrations
• these CTLs fail to generate a cytotoxic response against target cells with HLA-A2 haplotype
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