... against foreign antigensplays a major role in exerting selective pressure on anti-genic proteins, including those of HIV- 1. The activation and characteristics of the immune responses against ... Paiardini M, Pandrea I, Lederman M, Sodora D: Under-standing the benign nature of SIV infection in natural hosts.J Clin Invest 2007, 117:3148-3154.7. Pandrea I, Ribeiro RM, Gautam R, Gaufin T, ... higher in the HIV ancestral branch than in therest of the tree (Table 3). The difference was significantonly for HLA A*6801, with a ω of 3.5 in the HIV ancestralbranch and 1.6 in the rest of the...