| Literature DB >> 11196698 |
M Boniotto1, S Crovella, D Pirulli, G Scarlatti, A Spanò, L Vatta, S Zezlina, P A Tovo, E Palomba, A Amoroso.
Abstract
We investigated the polymorphisms of the promoter region of the MBL2 gene, which codifies for the Mannose-binding protein (MBP). The study population included 90 children with vertically acquired HIV-infection, further divided on the basis of the disease rate, 27 HIV exposed-uninfected children, and 74 healthy control subjects matched for ethnic origin to evaluate the MBP involvement in the risk of HIV-1 infection and to assess the role of the MBP promoter in AIDS progression. A region of 380 bp in the promoter of the MBL2 gene was analysed by PCR and direct sequencing of both DNA strands. We found that the polymorphism at position -550 influences the risk of HIV-infection and AIDS progression. Also a 6 bp deletion at position -328 was correlated with HIV-1 infection. This study indicates that the promoter of the MBL2 gene influences vertical transmission of HIV and the course of perinatal infection.Entities:
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Year: 2000 PMID： 11196698 DOI： 10.1038/sj.gene.6363685
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Genes Immun ISSN： 1466-4879 Impact factor: 2.676