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Perinatal HIV-1 transmission: Fc gamma receptor variability associates with maternal infectiousness and infant susceptibility.
Retrovirology - 10 Jun 2016
Lassaunière Ria, Musekiwa Alfred, Gray Glenda E, Kuhn Louise, Tiemessen Caroline T
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BACKGROUND: Accumulating data suggest that immune effector functions mediated through the Fc portion of HIV-1-specific immunoglobulin G (IgG) are a key component of HIV-1 protective immunity, affecting both disease progression and HIV-1 acquisition. Through studying Fc gamma receptor (FcγR) variants known to alter IgG Fc-mediated immune responses, we indirectly assessed the role of FcγR-mediated effector...
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