HLA-G*0105N allele is associated with augmented risk for HIV infection in white female patients

AIDS. 2010 Jul 31;24(12):1961-4. doi: 10.1097/QAD.0b013e32833c3324.

Abstract

We analyzed HLA-G 3777G > C, HLA-G 14 bp deletion/insertion and HLA-G*0105N polymorphisms in HIV-positive white adult participants, infected through horizontal heterosexual transmission, and unexposed uninfected individuals, all from north eastern Italy. We report a new association between the HLA-G*0105N allele and HIV infection in adult white female participants, being HLA-G*0105N null allele correlated with an augmented risk (odds ratio = 4.35, 95% confidence interval = 1.38-18.07, P = 0.005) for HIV infection.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Adult
  • Aged
  • Female
  • Genetic Predisposition to Disease / genetics*
  • HIV Infections / genetics*
  • HIV Infections / transmission
  • HIV-1 / genetics*
  • Histocompatibility Antigens Class I / genetics*
  • Humans
  • Middle Aged
  • Polymorphism, Genetic
  • Young Adult

Substances

  • Histocompatibility Antigens Class I