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Protective interleukin-28B genotype affects hepatitis C virus clearance, but does not contribute to HIV-1 control in a cohort of African-American elite controllers/suppressors.
AIDS (London, England) - 28 Jan 2011
Salgado Maria, Kirk Gregory D, Cox Andrea, Rutebemberwa Alleluiah, Higgins Yvonne, Astemborski Jacquie, Thomas David L, Thio Chloe L, Sulkowski Mark S, Blankson Joel N
Abstract excerpt
We tested the hypothesis that a single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) located near the interleukin-28B gene is associated with the control of hepatitis C virus and HIV-1 replication in elite controllers/suppressors. We show here that the protective genotype is not overrepresented in elite controll...
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