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Session 160  Poster Abstracts
HCV Immune Responses
Wednesday, 1:30 - 3:30 pm
Hall B
      913

Increased Hepatocyte Fas Expression and Apoptosis in HIV/HCV-co-infected Patients
Juan Macías*1, M Japón2, C Sáez2, R Palacios1, N Merchante1, J Mira1, J García-García1, S Vergara1, F Lozano3, J Gómez-Mateos3, and J Pineda4
1Hosp Univ de Valme, Seville, Spain; 2Hosp Univ Virgen del Rocío, Seville, Spain; 3Hosp Univ de Valme, Seville, Spain; and 4Hosp Univ de Valme, Seville, Spain
      914 The Tandem-Repeat Polymorphism of the DC-SIGNR Gene in HCV and HCV/HIV Infection
Jacob Nattermann*1, G Ahlenstiel1, H Nischalke1, G Feldmann1, T Berg2, T Sauerbruch1, J Rockstroh1, U Spengler1, and Kompetenznetz HIV/AIDS
1Univ of Bonn, Germany and 2Humboldt Univ, Berlin, Germany
      915 Induction of Effector T-cell Responses following Acute Hepatitis C Virus Infection in HIV-1+ Individuals
Arthur Kim*1, J Timm1, J Schulze zur Wiesch1, G Alter1, M Brockman1, J Duncan1, A Jones1, J Fangman1, A Wurcel2, B McGovern2, G Robbins1, M Addo1, G Lauer1, and B Walker1
1Partners AIDS Res Ctr, Massachusetts Gen Hosp, Boston, USA and 2Lemuel Shattuck Hosp, Jamaica Plain, MA, USA
      916

HIV Co-infection Impairs CD28 Mediated Co-stimulation of HCV-specific CD8 Cells
N Yonkers1, B Rodriguez1,2, A Post2,4, R Asaad1,2, L Jones3, M Lederman1,2, P Lehmann1, and Donald Anthony*1,3
1Case Western Reserve Univ, Ctr For AIDs Res, Cleveland, OH, USA; 2University Hospitals; 3VA Med Ctr, Cleveland, OH, USA; and 4Case Western Reserve Univ, Cleveland, OH, USA
      917

Sequence Convergence and Cellular Immune Escape during Acute Human Hepatitis C
Andrea Cox*, Q Mao, T Mosbruger, D Netski, X H Wang, D Pardoll, D Thomas, and S Ray
Johns Hopkins Univ, Baltimore, MD, USA
      918

Neutralizing Antibodies in Acute and Early Hepatitis C Virus Infection
Dale Netski*1, J McKeating2, K Dowd1, D Thomas1, and S Ray1
1Johns Hopkins Univ Sch of Med, Baltimore, MD, USA and 2Rockefeller Univ, New York, NY, USA
      919 Role of MHC Class I-associated Selection Pressures in Influencing HCV Evolution
Joerg Timm*1,5,6, A Kim1,5,6, L Reyor1,5,6, G Lauer1,5,6, R Allgaier1,5,6, R Gandhi5,6, R Chung3,6, P Klenerman4, B Walker1,5,6, and T Allen1,5,6
1Howard Hughes Med Inst, Boston, MA, USA; 3Massachusetts Gen Hosp, Boston, USA; 4Univ of Oxford, UK; 5Partners AIDS Res Ctr, Massachusetts Gen Hosp, Boston, USA; and 6Harvard Med Sch, Boston, MA, USA
      920

Differential Effects of Ethanol Consumption on Antigen-specific Cellular Immune Responses in HIV/HCV- vs HCV-infected Subjects
Camilla Graham*1,2, A Wells1, J Murray3, T Herren3, S Tumilty4, S Stuver3, D Craven5, D Nunes4, R Horsburgh4,6, and M Koziel1,2
1Beth Israel Deaconess Med Ctr, Boston, MA, USA; 2Harvard Med Sch, Boston, MA, USA; 3Boston Univ, MA, USA; 4Boston Med Ctr, MA, USA; 5Lahey Clin Med Ctr, Burlington, MA, USA; and 6Boston Univ, MA, USA
      921

Effect of Human Herpesvirus 8 and Hepatitis C Virus Co-infection on T-cell Activation among HIV-infected Patients
Peter Hunt*, S Deeks, A Graves-Jones, E Sinclair, B Bredt, and J Martin
Univ of California, San Francisco, USA