HLA and immunodominance in viral infection: T-cell responses in protection and immunopathogenesis
Allison Imrie A B and Suzi McCarthy AA School of Biomedical Sciences, University of Western Australia and PathWest Laboratory Medicine WA, WA, Australia
B Email: allison.imrie@uwa.edu.au
Microbiology Australia 42(2) 84-86 https://doi.org/10.1071/MA21020
Submitted: 5 May 2021 Accepted: 11 May 2021 Published: 20 May 2021
Journal Compilation © The Authors 2021 Open Access CC BY-NC-ND, published (by CSIRO Publishing) on behalf of the ASM
Abstract
The protective role of T cells in viral infection is well described. T cells generally mediate anti-viral immune responses via direct cytotoxicity and production of pro-inflammatory cytokines, by providing help to B cells and by promotion of memory responses. A fundamental step in T cell responses involves presentation of viral peptide antigens in the context of human leucocyte antigens (HLA), to the T-cell receptor. HLA are highly polymorphic cell surface molecules that present a vast array of peptides to T cells and induce their activation, differentiation and proliferation into effector cells which can eliminate microbial infection.
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