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Variants in ZNRD1 gene predict HIV-1/AIDS disease progression in a Han Chinese population in Taiwan.

ABSTRACT: Patients demonstrate notable variations in disease progression following human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection. We aimed to identify ZNRD1 and RNF39 genetic variants linked to AIDS progression. We conducted a genetic association study in HIV-1-infected Han Chinese patients residing in Taiwan. The clinical characteristics of 143 HIV-1-infected patients were measured, and patients were split into 2 groups: AIDS progression and AIDS non-progression. Genotyping of ZNRD1 and RNF39 was performed in all participants. We found that patients in the AIDS progression group had higher HIV-1 viral loads and lower CD4 cell counts than did patients in the AIDS non-progression group. The frequency of the AA genotype of ZNRD1 (rs16896970) was lower in the AIDS progression group than in the AIDS non-progression group. Patients with AA genotypes had lower levels of HIV-1 viral loads and higher levels of CD4 cell counts than did patients with AG+GG genotypes. AIDS progression in patients with the AA group is significantly different from that in patients with the AG and GG groups by using Kaplan-Meier survival analysis. The hazard ratio for progression was lower in the AA group than in the AG and GG groups. We identified a SNP that contributes to AIDS progression in HIV-1-infected patients in this population. This SNP had a significant protective influence on AIDS progression, and polymorphisms of the ZNRD1 gene may play a role in the pathogenesis of HIV-1 infection.

SUBMITTER: Lin YJ

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3706582 | biostudies-literature | 2013

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Variants in ZNRD1 gene predict HIV-1/AIDS disease progression in a Han Chinese population in Taiwan.

Lin Ying-Ju YJ Lan Yu-Ching YC Hung Chien-Hui CH Lin Ting-Hsu TH Huang Shao-Mei SM Liao Chiu-Chu CC Lin Cheng-Wen CW Lai Chih-Ho CH Tien Ni N Liu Xiang X Ho Mao-Wang MW Chien Wen-Kuei WK Chen Jin-Hua JH Wang Jen-Hsien JH Tsai Fuu-Jen FJ

PloS one 20130709 7

Patients demonstrate notable variations in disease progression following human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection. We aimed to identify ZNRD1 and RNF39 genetic variants linked to AIDS progression. We conducted a genetic association study in HIV-1-infected Han Chinese patients residing in Taiwan. The clinical characteristics of 143 HIV-1-infected patients were measured, and patients were split into 2 groups: AIDS progression and AIDS non-progression. Genotyping of ZNRD1 and RNF39 was performe ...[more]

PMID: 23874430

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Variants in ZNRD1 gene predict HIV-1/AIDS disease progression in a Han Chinese population in Taiwan.

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