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HLA-Bw4 homozygosity is associated with an impaired CD4 T cell recovery after initiation of antiretroviral therapy

Rauch, A. and Nolan, D. and Furrer, H. and McKinnon, E. and John, M. and Mallal, S. and Gaudieri, S. and Günthard, H. F. and Schmid, P. and Battegay, M. and Hirschel, B. and Telenti, A. and James, I. and Swiss, HIV Cohort Study. (2008) HLA-Bw4 homozygosity is associated with an impaired CD4 T cell recovery after initiation of antiretroviral therapy. Clinical infectious diseases, Vol. 46. pp. 1921-1925.

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Abstract

We assessed the influence of human leukocyte antigen (HLA) alleles HLA-Bw4 and HLA-Bw6 on CD4 T cell recovery after starting successful combination antiretroviral therapy in 265 individuals. The median gains in the CD4 T cell count after 4 years were 258 cells/microL for HLA-Bw4 homozygotes, 321 cells/microL for HLA-Bw4/Bw6 heterozygotes, and 363 cells/microL for HLA-Bw6 homozygotes (P = .01, compared with HLA-Bw4 homozygotes). HLA-Bw4 homozygosity appears to predict an impaired CD4 T cell recovery after initiation of combination antiretroviral therapy.
Faculties and Departments:03 Faculty of Medicine > Departement Biomedizin > Department of Biomedicine, University Hospital Basel > Infection Biology (Khanna)
UniBasel Contributors:Battegay, Manuel E.
Item Type:Article, refereed
Article Subtype:Research Article
Publisher:Oxford University Press
ISSN:1058-4838
Note:Publication type according to Uni Basel Research Database: Journal article
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