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Host genetic influences on HIV-1 pathogenesis
1Department of Molecular Diagnostics and Pathogenesis, Division of Retrovirology, Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, 1600 East Gude Drive, Rockville, MD 20850, USA. nmichael@pasteur.hjf.org
Current Opinion in Immunology
|August 17, 1999
Abstract:
Cellular entry of HIV-1 is mediated by interaction with CD4 and chemokine receptors that serve as entry coreceptors. The immune response against HIV-1 is regulated by genes of the HLA locus. Genetic polymorphisms in these genes have recently been associated with effects on HIV-1 pathogenesis. The history and implications of these discoveries are described in this review.