Article
Genetics of resistance to HIV infection: Role of co-receptors and co-receptor ligands.
Seminars in immunology - 1 Dec 2006
Arenzana-Seisdedos Fernando, Parmentier Marc
Abstract excerpt
Susceptibility to HIV infection and AIDS progression is variable among individuals and populations, and in part genetically determined. Genetic variants of genes encoding HIV co-receptors and their chemokine ligands have been described, and some of these variants were associated with resistance to HIV infection and/or disease progression. We review here the reported data regarding the variants of the CCR5, CCR2,...
Read the complete abstract on PubMedTopics
Share this publication in a Topic to start or enrich a Post.
