Abstract
We performed a genome-wide association study comparing a cohort of 144 human immunodeficiency virus (HIV type 1-infected, untreated white long-term nonprogressors (LTNPs) with a cohort of 605 HIV-1-infected white seroconverters. Forty-seven single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs), located from class I to class III major histocompatibility complex (MHC) subregions, show statistical association (false discovery rate, <0.05) with the LTNP condition, among which 5 reached genome-wide significance after Bonferonni correction. The MHC LTNP-associated SNPs are ordered in ≥4 linkage disequilibrium blocks; interestingly, an MHC class III linkage disequilibrium block (defined by the rs9368699 SNP) seems specific to the LTNP phenotype.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 718-724 |
Number of pages | 7 |
Journal | Journal of Infectious Diseases |
Volume | 205 |
Issue number | 5 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 1 Mar 2012 |
Externally published | Yes |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:Financial support. This work was supported by the GISHEAL project (http://www.gisheal.eu/index.php, last accessed december 2011) of the 6th Framework Program of the European Commission. Potential conflicts of interest. All authors: No reported conflicts.