NKG2C deletion is a risk factor of HIV infection

AIDS Research and Human Retroviruses

Volumn 28, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 844-851

  Thomas, Rachel ^a   Low, Hui Zhi ^a   Kniesch, Katja ^a   Jacobs, Roland ^a   Schmidt, Reinhold E ^a   Witte, Torsten ^a  

^a HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NATURAL KILLER CELL RECEPTOR NKG2A;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CELL ISOLATION; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE ACTIVATED CELL SORTING; GENE; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN TISSUE; INFECTION RISK; INFECTION SENSITIVITY; LYMPHOCYTE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NATURAL KILLER CELL; NKG2C GENE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; VIRUS LOAD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 12; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV-1; HUMANS; KILLER CELLS, NATURAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NK CELL LECTIN-LIKE RECEPTOR SUBFAMILY C; RISK FACTORS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE DELETION; VIRAL LOAD; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84864267713     PISSN: 08892229     EISSN: 19318405     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/aid.2011.0253     Document Type: Article

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