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Interleukin-10 promoter polymorphisms influence HIV-1 susceptibility and primary HIV-1 pathogenesis.
The Journal of infectious diseases - 1 Aug 2009
Naicker Dshanta D, Werner Lise, Kormuth Emil, Passmore Jo-Ann, Mlisana Koleka, Karim Salim Abdool, Ndung'u Thumbi
Abstract excerpt
Interleukin (IL)-10 directly inhibits human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) replication, but it may also promote viral persistence by inactivation of effector immune mechanisms. Here, we show in an African cohort that individuals with genotypes associated with high IL-10 production at 2 promoter single-nucleotide polymorphisms (-1082 and -592) were less likely to become HIV-1 infected but had significantly...
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