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CCR5Delta32 protein expression and stability are critical for resistance to human immunodeficiency virus type 1 in vivo.
Journal of virology - 1 Aug 2007
Agrawal Lokesh, Jin Qingwen, Altenburg Jeff, Meyer L, Tubiana R, Theodorou Ioannis, Alkhatib Ghalib
Abstract excerpt
Human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) infection of individuals carrying the two alleles of the CCR5Delta32 mutation (CCR5(-/-)) has rarely been reported, but how the virus overcomes the CCR5Delta32 protective effect in these cases has not been delineated. We have investigated this in 6 infected (HIV(+)) and 25 HIV(-) CCR5(-/-) individuals. CD4(+) T lymphocytes isolated from HIV(-) CCR5(-/-) peripheral blood...
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