Polymorphisms within the human tumor necrosis factor-alpha promoter region in human immunodeficiency virus type 1-seropositive persons

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作者
Brinkman, BMN
Keet, IPM
Miedema, F
Verweij, CL
Klein, MR
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[1] NETHERLANDS RED CROSS,BLOOD TRANSFUS SERV,CENT LAB,DEPT CLIN VIROIMMUNOL,NL-1066 CX AMSTERDAM,NETHERLANDS
[2] UNIV LEIDEN HOSP,DEPT RHEUMATOL,NL-2300 RC LEIDEN,NETHERLANDS
[3] UNIV AMSTERDAM,EXPT & CLIN IMMUNOL LAB,AMSTERDAM,NETHERLANDS
[4] MUNICIPAL HLTH SERV,DEPT INFECT DIS,AMSTERDAM,NETHERLANDS
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10.1093/infdis/175.1.188
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R392 [医学免疫学]; Q939.91 [免疫学];
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100102 ;
摘要
The question is addressed whether particular tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha) polymorphisms are associated with clinical course and outcome of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) infection. The distribution of four TNF-alpha guanine (G) to adenosine (A) transition polymorphisms at positions -376, -308, -238, and -163 of the 5' promoter region of the TNF-alpha gene was studied in a nested case-control study among HIV-1-seropositive participants of the Amsterdam Cohort. None of the polymorphisms was significantly associated with long-term asymptomatic survival after HIV-1 infection compared with progression to clinical AIDS. Moreover, specific AIDS-defining illnesses or biologic phenotype of the HIV-1 virus were not associated with TNF-alpha alleles. The results of this study do not point toward a role for known TNF-alpha G to A transition polymorphisms in the clinical course of HIV-1 infection.
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