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Sequence evolution and cross-reactive antibody responses to hypervariable region 1 in acute hepatitis C virus infection

✍ Scribed by Sandra Hjalmarsson; Jonas Blomberg; Lena Grillner; Rüdiger Pipkorn; Tobias Allander

Publisher
John Wiley and Sons
Year
2001
Tongue
English
Weight
192 KB
Volume
64
Category
Article
ISSN
0146-6615

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Abstract

Hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection may result in acute resolving or chronic infection. Patients that clear the infection have a more vigorous cellular immune response and an early humoral response to the hypervariable region 1 (HVR1) of the E2 envelope protein. To analyse further the properties of the early anti‐HVR1 response, cross‐reactivity of anti‐HVR1 responses was assessed in five patients with acute HCV infection, who were infected by the same virus strain during a nosocomial outbreak . The sequence evolution of HVR1 was examined in sequential serum samples up to 37 months post infection. Peptides were synthesised corresponding to the obtained HVR1 sequences and unrelated HVR1 sequences, and antibody reactivity to the peptides in sequential sera was investigated by ELISA. The results suggest an association between specific gaps in humoral immunity and the HVR1 sequence evolution during early infection. Possible interpretations of this phenomenon include immune escape mechanisms or suppression of specific anti‐HVR1 antibodies. J. Med. Virol. 64:117–124, 2001. © 2001 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.

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