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Association of BST-2 gene variants with HIV disease progression underscores the role of BST-2 in HIV type 1 infection.
The Journal of infectious diseases - 1 Feb 2013
Laplana Marina, Caruz Antonio, Pineda Juan Antonio, Puig Teresa, Fibla Joan
Abstract excerpt
We tested bone marrow stromal cell antigen 2 (BST-2) gene variants rs3217318, a 19-base-pair insertion/deletion polymorphism in the promoter region, and rs10415893, a tag single-nucleotide polymorphism in the 3' untranslated region, for their association with human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) infection and disease progression. The study included 356 subjects exposed to HIV-1 (185 with and 171 without...
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