Transcriptional down-regulation of ccr5 in a subset of HIV+ controllers and their family members
HIV +Elite and Viremic controllers (EC/VCs) are able to control virus infection, perhaps because of host genetic determinants. We identified 16% (21 of 131) EC/VCs with CD4 +T cells with resistance specific to R5-tropic HIV, reversed after introduction of ccr5. R5 resistance was not observed in macr...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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eLife Sciences Publications Ltd
2019-04-01
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Series: | eLife |
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Online Access: | https://elifesciences.org/articles/44360 |