15 research outputs found
Temporal relationship between human immunodeficiency virus type 1 RNA levels in serum and cellular infectious load in periheral blood
Temporal relationship between human immunodeficiency virus type 1 RNA levels in serum and cellular infectious load in periheral blood
Detection of inferred CCR5- and CXCR4-using HIV-1 variants and evolutionary intermediates using ultra-deep pyrosequencing
Genome-Wide Association Study Identifies Single Nucleotide Polymorphism in DYRK1A Associated with Replication of HIV-1 in Monocyte-Derived Macrophages
HIV-1 phenotype variation in the natural course of infection and during antiviral therapy
HIV-1 phenotype variation in the natural course of infection and during antiviral therapy
HIV-1 phenotype variation in the natural course of infection and during antiviral therapy
Reduced prevalence of the CCR5 delta32 heterozygous genotype in human immunodeficiency virus-infected individuals with Aids dementia complex
Reduced prevalence of the CCR5 delta32 heterozygous genotype in human immunodeficiency virus-infected individuals with Aids dementia complex
Heterozygosity for a 32-bp deletion in the CCR5 gene (CCR5 Delta32), which encodes the coreceptor for macrophage-tropic non-syncytium-inducing (NSI) human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) variants, results in a lower CCR5 expression and reduced NSI HIV-1 replication. Because infection of macrophages and microglial cells by NSI HIV-1 is considered to be instrumental for the development of AIDS dementia complex (ADC), we studied whether the CCR5 Delta32 heterozygous genotype correlated with a reduced frequency of ADC. Two (4.1%) of 49 patients with ADC versus 27 (14. 5%) of 186 AIDS patients without ADC were heterozygous for CCR5 Delta32 (P=.05). In contrast, a point mutation in the first transmembrane domain of CCR2 (CCR2 64I) did not show this protective effect (P=.57). The reduced prevalence of the CCR5 Delta32 allele among patients with ADC may indicate a reduced or absent reservoir of macrophage-tropic NSI HIV-1 in the brain of CCR5 Delta32 heterozygote