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. 1996 Nov;2(11):1240-3.
doi: 10.1038/nm1196-1240.

The role of a mutant CCR5 allele in HIV-1 transmission and disease progression

Y Huang  1 , W A Paxton, S M Wolinsky, A U Neumann, L Zhang, T He, S Kang, D Ceradini, Z Jin, K Yazdanbakhsh, K Kunstman, D Erickson, E Dragon, N R Landau, J Phair, D D Ho, R A Koup
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The role of a mutant CCR5 allele in HIV-1 transmission and disease progression

Y Huang et al. Nat Med. 1996 Nov.

Abstract

A 32-nucleotide deletion (delta 32) within the beta-chemokine receptor 5 (CCR5) gene has been described in subjects who remain uninfected despite extensive exposure to HIV-1. This allele was found to be common in the Caucasian population with a frequency of 0.0808, but was not found in people of African or Asian ancestry. To determine its role in HIV-1 transmission and disease progression, we analyzed the CCRS genotype of 1252 homosexual men enrolled in the Chicago component of the Multicenter AIDS Cohort Study (MACS). No infected participant was found to be homozygous for the delta 32 allele, whereas 3.6% of at-risk but uninfected Caucasian participants were homozygous, showing the highly protective role of this genotype against sexual acquisition of HIV-1. No evidence was found to suggest that heterozygotes were protected against HIV-1 infection, but a limited protective role against disease progression was noted. The delta 32 allele of CCR5 is therefore an important host factor in HIV-1 transmission and pathogenesis.

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