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CCR5 promoter polymorphism and HIV-1 disease progression. Multicenter AIDS Cohort Study (MACS).
Lancet (London, England) - 12 Sept 1998
McDermott D H, Zimmerman P A, Guignard F, Kleeberger C A, Leitman S F, Murphy P M
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: The rate of progression to AIDS varies among individuals infected with HIV-1. Factors responsible include two inherited human alleles, CCR5 delta32 and CCR2-641, which alter the protein-coding regions for the HIV-1 coreceptors/chemokine receptors CCR5 and CCR2b. We tested the hypothesis that polymorphisms of the CCR5 promoter might affect the rate of progression of HIV-1 infected people to AIDS....
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