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Regulatory variation in HIV-1 dependency factor ZNRD1 associates with host resistance to HIV-1 acquisition.
The Journal of infectious diseases - 15 Nov 2014
An Ping, Goedert James J, Donfield Sharyne, Buchbinder Susan, Kirk Gregory D, Detels Roger, Winkler Cheryl A
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: ZNRD1 was identified as a host protein required for the completion of the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) lifecycle in a genome-wide screen using small interfering RNA gene silencing. Subsequently, a genome-wide association study (GWAS) of host determinants for HIV-1 disease identified an association of single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in the ZNRD1 region with CD4(+) T-cell depletion....
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