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Immunology and Infectious Disease

Nova Southeastern University

2007

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Regulatory Polymorphisms In The Cyclophilin A Gene, Ppia, Accelerate Progression To Aids, Ping An, Li Hua Wang, Holli Hutcheson-Dilks, George Nelson, Sharyne Donfield, James J. Goedert, Charles Rinaldo, Susan Buchbinder, Gregory D. Kirk, Stephen J. O'Brien, Cheryl Winkler Jul 2007

Regulatory Polymorphisms In The Cyclophilin A Gene, Ppia, Accelerate Progression To Aids, Ping An, Li Hua Wang, Holli Hutcheson-Dilks, George Nelson, Sharyne Donfield, James J. Goedert, Charles Rinaldo, Susan Buchbinder, Gregory D. Kirk, Stephen J. O'Brien, Cheryl Winkler

Biology Faculty Articles

Human cyclophilin A, or CypA, encoded by the gene peptidyl prolyl isomerase A (PPIA), is incorporated into the HIV type 1 (HIV-1) virion and promotes HIV-1 infectivity by facilitating virus uncoating. We examined the effect of single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) and haplotypes within the PPIA gene on HIV-1 infection and disease progression in five HIV-1 longitudinal history cohorts. Kaplan-Meier survival statistics and Cox proportional hazards model were used to assess time to AIDS outcomes. Among eight SNPs tested, two promoter SNPs (SNP3 and SNP4) in perfect linkage disequilibrium were associated with more rapid CD4+ T-cell loss (relative hazard = …


Polymorphisms Of Cul5 Are Associated With Cd4+ T Cell Loss In Hiv-1 Infected Individuals, Ping An, Priya Duggal, Li Hua Wang, Stephen J. O'Brien, Sharyne Donfield, James J. Goedert, John Phair, Susan Buchbinder, Gregory D. Kirk, Cheryl Winkler Jan 2007

Polymorphisms Of Cul5 Are Associated With Cd4+ T Cell Loss In Hiv-1 Infected Individuals, Ping An, Priya Duggal, Li Hua Wang, Stephen J. O'Brien, Sharyne Donfield, James J. Goedert, John Phair, Susan Buchbinder, Gregory D. Kirk, Cheryl Winkler

Biology Faculty Articles

Human apolipoprotein B mRNA editing enzyme, catalytic polypeptide-like 3 (Apobec3) antiretroviral factors cause hypermutation of proviral DNA leading to degradation or replication-incompetent HIV-1. However, HIV-1 viral infectivity factor (Vif) suppresses Apobec3 activity through the Cullin 5-Elongin B-Elongin C E3 ubiquitin ligase complex. We examined the effect of genetic polymorphisms in the CUL5 gene (encoding Cullin 5 protein) on AIDS disease progression in five HIV-1 longitudinal cohorts. A total of 12 single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) spanning 93 kb in the CUL5 locus were genotyped and their haplotypes inferred. A phylogenetic network analysis revealed that CUL5 haplotypes were grouped into two clusters …