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HLA class I-mediated control of HIV-1 in the Japanese population, in which the protective HLA-B*57 and HLA-B*27 alleles are absent.
Journal of virology - 1 Oct 2012
Naruto Takuya, Gatanaga Hiroyuki, Nelson George, Sakai Keiko, Carrington Mary, Oka Shinichi, Takiguchi Masafumi
Abstract excerpt
We investigated the effect of HLA class I alleles on clinical parameters for HIV-1 disease progression in the Japanese population, where two strongly protective alleles, HLA-B*57 and HLA-B*27, are virtually nonexistent. HLA-B alleles showed a dominant role, primarily through HLA-B*67:01 and the H...
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