Article
Immunogenetics of HIV disease.
Immunological reviews - 1 Jul 2013
Martin Maureen P, Carrington Mary
Abstract excerpt
Host genetic factors are a major contributing factor to the inter-individual variation observed in response to human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection and are linked to resistance to HIV infection among exposed individuals, as well as rate of disease progression and the likelihood of viral transmission. Of the genetic variants that have been shown to affect the natural history of HIV infection, the human...
Topics
- Animals
- Biological Evolution
- Gene Expression Regulation
- Genetic Loci
- Genetic Variation
- Genome-Wide Association Study
- HIV
- HIV Infections
- HLA Antigens
- Heterozygote
- Humans
- Killer Cells, Natural
- Potassium Channels, Inwardly Rectifying
