Abstract:
:Allelic variants of the genes for chemokine receptors and their natural ligands, the chemokines, and cytokines can affect HIV-1 disease progression. This study investigates the level of expression of the CCR5-Delta32, CCR2b-641, RANTES In1.1C, SDF-1 3'A, IL-10-5'-592A and IL-4-589T alleles in two unique HIV-1 infected patient cohorts that represent the two distinct stages of disease progression, namely rapid progressors (RPs) and long term non-progressors (LTNPs) (n=12/group) were recruited. Quantitation of the gene expression of CCR5-Delta32, CCR2b-641, RANTES In1.1C, SDF-1 3'A, IL-10-5'-592A and IL-4-589T in peripheral blood mononuclear leukocytes (PBML) isolated from patients was performed by real time, quantitative (Q)-PCR using DNA was isolated from PBML. We observed that expression of these HIV-protective alleles was generally greater in the LTNP cohort than the RP cohort. LTNPs expressed more of the protective chemokine, SDF-1alpha than RPs, and no statistically significant difference was observed in RANTES production between the LTNPs and RPs. The LTNPs expressed significantly less amounts of cytokines IL-10 and IL-4 as compared to the RPs. Our results demonstrate that gene polymorphisms for CCR5-Delta32, CCR2b-641, RANTES In1.1C, SDF-1 3'A, IL-10-5'-592A and IL-4-589T may be used as clinical markers to predict progression of HIV-1 infections.
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Biochem Biophys Res Communjournal_title
Biochemical and biophysical research communicationsauthors
Mahajan SD,Agosto-Mojica A,Aalinkeel R,Reynolds JL,Nair BB,Sykes DE,Martinez J,Adams J,Singh N,Bernstein Z,Hsiao CB,Schwartz SAdoi
10.1016/j.bbrc.2010.04.095subject
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