HLA-G 14bp del/ins genetic variation: Association with susceptibility to human immunodeficiency virus-1 vertical transmission but not with human immunodeficiency virus-1 infection through horizontal transmission

Tissue Antigens

Volumn 80, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 12-13

  Segat, L ^a   Crovella, S ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE FOR MATERNAL AND CHILD HEALTH IRCCS BURLO GAROFOLO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Genetic polymorphisms; Human immunodeficiency virus 1 infection; Human leukocyte antigen G; Vertical transmission

Indexed keywords

HLA G ANTIGEN; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 1; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 2;

3' UNTRANSLATED REGION; ADAPTIVE IMMUNITY; CYTOTROPHOBLAST; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DNA POLYMORPHISM; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ETHNICITY; GENE DELETION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE INSERTION; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HEREDITY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1 INFECTION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; IMMUNE SYSTEM; IMMUNOGLOBULIN PRODUCTION; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFECTION RISK; LETTER; NATURAL KILLER CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION; VIRUS REPLICATION;

ETHNIC GROUPS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION STUDIES; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV-1; HLA-G ANTIGENS; HUMANS; INDEL MUTATION; INFECTIOUS DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC;

HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1;

EID: 84861670112     PISSN: 00012815     EISSN: 13990039     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-0039.2012.01874.x     Document Type: Letter

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