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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
5
pubmed:dateCreated
1991-10-30
pubmed:abstractText
In a previous investigation, we demonstrated an increased progression of overt AIDS in the African American population compared to the Caucasian population as reflected by the significantly lower absolute number of CD4+ lymphocytes detected in the African American population in an earlier study. The present study elucidates some of the possible genetic factors which may contribute to disease association or protection against HIV infection. The HLA phenotypes expressed as A, B, C, DR and DQw antigens were revealed by the Amos-modified typing procedure. NIH scoring was utilized to designate positive cells taking up trypan blue. A test of proportion equivalent to the chi 2 approximation was used to compare the disease population (n = 62; 38 African Americans, 24 Caucasians) to race-matched normal heterosexual local controls (323 African Americans, 412 Caucasians). Significant p values were corrected for the number of HLA antigens tested. HLA markers associated with possible protection from infection for African Americans were Cw4 and DRw6, whereas Caucasians expressed none. Disease association markers present in the African American population were A31, B35, Cw6, Cw7, DR5, DR6, DRw11, DRw12, DQw6 and DQw7, whereas in the Caucasian population A28, Aw66, Aw48, Bw65, Bw70, Cw7, DRw10, DRw12, DQw6 and DQw7 were demonstrated. The highest phenotypic frequency for a disease association marker in the study was for HLA-DR5 (62.9%) in the HIV-infected African American population without Kaposi's sarcoma compared to a frequency of 28.9% for the regional control group (p = 0.0012). We conclude that genetic factors do have a role in HIV infection since only 50-60% of those exposed to the AIDS virus will become infected.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
1015-2008
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
59
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
324-8
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-14
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:1910527-African Continental Ancestry Group, pubmed-meshheading:1910527-Blotting, Western, pubmed-meshheading:1910527-Disease Susceptibility, pubmed-meshheading:1910527-Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay, pubmed-meshheading:1910527-European Continental Ancestry Group, pubmed-meshheading:1910527-Genetic Markers, pubmed-meshheading:1910527-HIV Infections, pubmed-meshheading:1910527-HLA Antigens, pubmed-meshheading:1910527-HLA-A Antigens, pubmed-meshheading:1910527-HLA-B Antigens, pubmed-meshheading:1910527-HLA-C Antigens, pubmed-meshheading:1910527-HLA-DQ Antigens, pubmed-meshheading:1910527-HLA-DR Antigens, pubmed-meshheading:1910527-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:1910527-Incidence, pubmed-meshheading:1910527-Longitudinal Studies, pubmed-meshheading:1910527-Phenotype, pubmed-meshheading:1910527-Sarcoma, Kaposi, pubmed-meshheading:1910527-United States
pubmed:year
1991
pubmed:articleTitle
HLA disease association and protection in HIV infection among African Americans and Caucasians.
pubmed:affiliation
University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Comparative Study, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.