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Duffy antigen receptor for chemokines mediates trans-infection of HIV-1 from red blood cells to target cells and affects HIV-AIDS susceptibility.
Cell host & microbe - 17 Jul 2008
He Weijing, Neil Stuart, Kulkarni Hemant, Wright Edward, Agan Brian K, Marconi Vincent C, Dolan Matthew J, Weiss Robin A, Ahuja Sunil K
Abstract excerpt
Duffy antigen receptor for chemokines (DARC) expressed on red blood cells (RBCs) influences plasma levels of HIV-1-suppressive and proinflammatory chemokines such as CCL5/RANTES. DARC is also the RBC receptor for Plasmodium vivax. Africans with DARC -46C/C genotype, which confers a DARC-negative phenotype, are resistant to vivax malaria. Here, we show that HIV-1 attaches to RBCs via DARC, effecting...
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