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J Virol, February 1998, p. 1627-1631, Vol. 72, No. 2
Abteilung Virologie,
Received 28 July 1997/Accepted 3 November 1997
Herpesvirus saimiri growth-transformed human CD4+ T
lymphocytes were examined for their suitability as a target cell system for investigating human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-specific HLA class
I-restricted cytotoxic T-cell activity. Besides CD4, they express the
chemokine receptors CCR5 and CXCR4, the common coreceptors of HIV. They
are infectible by a range of HIV strains, including primary isolates,
becoming efficient targets for CD8-positive HIV-specific cytotoxic T
lymphocytes.
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Herpesvirus Saimiri-Transformed Human CD4+ T-Cell
Lines: an Efficient Target Cell System for the Analysis of Human
Immunodeficiency Virus-Specific Cytotoxic CD8+
T-Lymphocyte Activity

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Corresponding author. Mailing address: Abteilung
Virologie, Institut für Medizinische Mikrobiologie und Hygiene,
Universität Freiburg, Hermann-Herder-Strasse 11, D-79104
Freiburg, Germany. Phone: 49 761 203 6614. Fax: 49 761 203 6639. E-mail: andreas{at}sun1.ukl.uni-freiburg.de.
Present address: Laboratory of Virus Immunology, Instituto
Butantan, Sao Paulo, Brazil.
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