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Chemokines and chemokine receptors in susceptibility to HIV-1 infection and progression to AIDS.
Disease markers - 1 Jan 2012
Chatterjee Animesh, Rathore Anurag, Vidyant Sanjukta, Kakkar Kavita, Dhole Tapan N
Abstract excerpt
A multitude of host genetic factors plays a crucial role in susceptibility to HIV-1 infection and progression to AIDS, which is highly variable among individuals and populations. This review focuses on the chemokine-receptor and chemokine genes, which were extensively studied because of their role as HIV co-receptor or co-receptor competitor and influences the susceptibility to HIV-1 infection and progression to...
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