Rapid progression to AIDS in HIV+ individuals with a structural variant of the chemokine receptor CX3CR1.
Science
; 287(5461): 2274-7, 2000 Mar 24.
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| ID: mdl-10731151
ABSTRACT
Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) enters cells in vitro via CD4 and a coreceptor. Which of 15 known coreceptors are important in vivo is poorly defined but may be inferred from disease-modifying mutations, as for CCR5. Here two single nucleotide polymorphisms are described in Caucasians in CX3CR1, an HIV coreceptor and leukocyte chemotactic/adhesion receptor for the chemokine fractalkine. HIV-infected patients homozygous for CX3CR1-I249 M280, a variant haplotype affecting two amino acids (isoleucine-249 and methionine-280), progressed to AIDS more rapidly than those with other haplotypes. Functional CX3CR1 analysis showed that fractalkine binding is reduced among patients homozygous for this particular haplotype. Thus, CX3CR1-I249 M280 is a recessive genetic risk factor in HIV/AIDS.
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Banco de datos:
MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Infecciones por VIH
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Receptores del VIH
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Síndrome de Inmunodeficiencia Adquirida
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Receptores de Citocinas
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Quimiocinas CX3C
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Polimorfismo de Nucleótido Simple
Tipo de estudio:
Etiology_studies
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Incidence_studies
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Observational_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
Límite:
Humans
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Science
Año:
2000
Tipo del documento:
Article
País de afiliación:
Francia