The natural history and pathogenic processes of infection by the human immunodeficiency
virus type 1 (HIV-1) are complex, variable, and dependent upon a multitude of viral and host …

The aim of this study is to determine in indigenous Chinese ethnic groups the frequencies of
the chemokine (SDF1 3'A) and chemokine receptors (CCR5 [DELTA] 32, CCR5 m303, and …

Background More than 300,000 children are newly infected with HIV each year,
predominantly through mother-to-child transmission (HIV MTCT). Identification of host …

Chemokines and chemokine receptors are crucial for immune response in HIV-1 infection.
Although many studies have been done to investigate the relationship between chemokines …

Stromal cell-derived factor 1 (SDF-1) is a unique chemokine involved in multiple
organogenesis as well as in the regulation of HIV infection. Here we determined the plasma …

Allelic differences of chemokine (CC motif) receptor 5 (CCR5) and CCR2, as well as the
ligand for the chemokine receptor CXCR4, stromal-derived factor (SDF-1), are known to …

CCR5Δ32 and SDF1-3′ A polymorphisms were investigated in a cohort of viremia
controllers, without the use of therapy, along with their influence on CD4+ T lymphocytes …

The combination of unique single nucleotide polymorphisms in the CCR5 regulatory and in
the CCR2 and CCR5 coding regions, defined nine CCR5 human haplogroups (HH): HHA …

The interaction of viral and host factors is believed to determine not only the risk for initial
human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV‐1) acquisition but also the course of the …

The distribution of genetic polymorphisms of chemokine receptors CCR5-delta32, CCR2-64I
and chemokine (SDF1-3'A) mutations were studied in 110 Human Immunodeficiency Virus …