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Rapid progression to AIDS in HIV+ individuals with a structural variant of the chemokine receptor CX3CR1.
Science (New York, N.Y.) - 24 Mar 2000
Faure S, Meyer L, Costagliola D, Vaneensberghe C, Genin E, Autran B, Delfraissy J F, McDermott D H, Murphy P M, Debré P, Théodorou I, Combadière C
Abstract excerpt
Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) enters cells in vitro via CD4 and a coreceptor. Which of 15 known coreceptors are important in vivo is poorly defined but may be inferred from disease-modifying mutations, as for CCR5. Here two single nucleotide polymorphisms are described in Caucasians in CX3CR1, an HIV coreceptor and leukocyte chemotactic/adhesion receptor for the chemokine fractalkine. HIV-infected patients...
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