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A common genetic variant in FCGR3A-V158F and risk of Kaposi sarcoma herpesvirus infection and classic Kaposi sarcoma.
Cancer epidemiology, biomarkers & prevention : a publication of the American Association for Cancer Research, cosponsored by the American Society of Preventive Oncology - 1 Mar 2005
Brown Elizabeth E, Fallin M Daniele, Goedert James J, Chen Renee, Whitby Denise, Foster Charles B, Lauria Carmela, Alberg Anthony J, Messina Angelo, Montella Mauizio, Rezza Giovanni, Vitale Francesco, Chanock Stephen J
Abstract excerpt
Associations of FCGR3A among men with HIV/acquired immunodeficiency syndrome suggest that host responses affect the pathogenesis of Kaposi sarcoma herpesvirus (KSHV) infection and risk of acquired immunodeficiency syndrome-associated Kaposi sarcoma. Using DNA from two HIV seronegative case-control populations in Italy, we examined whether the functional FCGR3A-V158F variant was associated with risk of KSHV...
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