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From: The E5 protein of the human papillomavirus type 16 down-regulates HLA-I surface expression in calnexin-expressing but not in calnexin-deficient cells

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HPV16 E5 expression down-regulates HLA-I surface molecules. HEK-293T cells were transfected either with (A) pEGFP-HPV16-E5 or empty pEGFP vector, (B) pCI-HPV16-E5-HA or empty pCI vector. HLA-I molecules were then detected by immunostaining and flow cytometry using mouse monoclonal anti-HLA-A, B, C (mAb B9.12). Differences between the HLA-I surface expression levels were assessed by Kolmogorov-Smirnov test. This statistic defines the maximum vertical deviation between the two curves (pEGFP-E5 and GFP, pCI-E5-HA and pCI) as the statistic D. The p value of each single experiment was in all cases ≤ 0.001.

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