Presentations in this session:

12:30 TuPp0101    Abstract High degree of inter-clade cross-reactivity of HIV-1-specific T cell responses on the single peptide level Yu X.1, Lichterfeld M.1, Perkins B.1, Chen J.1, Cheng M.1, Kang W.1, Brander C.1, Walker B.1, Altfeld M.1 1Partners AIDS Research Center, Boston, United States of America

12:40 TuPp0103    Abstract Duration of HIV exposure modulates the breadth and the magnitude of HIV-specific memory CD4+ T cells Younes S.-A.1, Trautmann L.2, Diab B.Y.2, Dumont A.2, Kalfayan L.2, Kernaleguen A.-E.2, Lainesse M.2, Boulassel R.3, Routy J.-P.3, Sékaly R.-P.2 1NIH, Bethesda, United States of America, 2Université de Montréal, Montréal, Canada, 3McGill University, Montréal, Canada

12:45 TuPp0104    Abstract The Lysispot assay reveals HIV-specific T cells can lyse targets without secreting IFN-gamma directly ex vivo, and the relative frequencies of IFN-gamma secreting and cytotoxic cells vary both amongst HIV-specific and in comparison to CMV, EBV responses within individual patients Snyder-Cappione J.E.1, Divekar A.A.1, Maupin G.M.1, Jin X.1, Demeter L.M.1, Mosmann T.R.1 1University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, New York, United States of America

12:50 TuPp0105    Abstract Evaluation of viral-specific CD8 T cell responses in HIV-1+ patients with different effect of long-term HAART Magaev S.1, Nikolova M.1, Kostov K.2, Beshkov D.1, Varleva T.3, Taskov H.1 1National Center of Infectious and Parasitic Diseases, Sofia, Bulgaria, 2Hospital for Infectious Diseases, Sofia, Bulgaria, 3Ministry of Health, Sofia, Bulgaria

12:55 TuPp0106    Abstract Role of the thymus in HIV pathogenesis and in immune reconstitution Grossman Z.1, Dion M.-L.2, Alon H.1, Routy J.-P.3, Sekaly R.-P.4, Cheynier R.5 1Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel-Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel, 2McGill University, Montreal, Canada, 3McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, Canada, 4Faculté de Médecine, Université de Montréal, Montreal, Canada, 5Pasteur Institute, Paris, France