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Silva,Edinete Melo da; Acosta,Angelina Xavier; Santos,Eduardo José Melo; Netto,Eduardo Martins; Lemaire,Denise Carneiro; Oliveira,Adriano Silva; Barbosa,Carolina Matos; Bendicho,Maria Teresita; Galvão-Castro,Bernardo; Brites,Carlos. |
Host genetic factors play an important role in mediating resistance to HIV-1 infection and may modify the course of infection. HLA-B alleles (Bw4 epitope; B*27 and B*57) as well as killer cell immunoglobulin-like receptors have been associated with slow progression of HIV-1 infection. OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the association between serological epitopes HLA-Bw4 and HLA-Bw6 and prognostic markers in AIDS. METHODS: 147 HIV-infected individuals in Bahia, Northeast Brazil, were genotyped for HLA class I locus. HLA class I genotyping was performed by hybridization with sequence-specific oligonucleotide probes following amplification of the corresponding HLA-A, HLA-B and HLA-C genes. Statistical analysis was performed using Fisher's exact and ANOVA tests for... |
Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: HIV; AIDS; MHC; HLA; Polymorphism. |
Ano: 2010 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1413-86702010000500008 |
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