HLA-G/C, miRNAs, and Their Role in HIV Infection and Replication
Figure 3
The HIV-1 has developed a nef-dependent mechanism to escape the immune system attack to infected cells. Nef alters the expression of HLA-A and -B by recognition of a sequence (Y320SQAASS) in the cytoplasmic tail (1), blocking the transport of newly synthesized HLA-A and -B (2), in order to avoid the recognition by CTL (3) while Nef maintains the expression of HLA-C (C320SQAASS) and -G (short cytoplasmic tail) unchanged (4) in order to inhibit the innate response of the NK (5). NU: nucleus; GO: golgi apparatus.
