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ArticleJournal of immunology research2021

Killer-Cell Immunoglobulin-Like Receptors (KIR) in HIV-Exposed Infants in Cameroon.

Kagoué Simeni Luc-Aimé, Yindom Louis-Marie, Loni Ekali Gabriel, Clauvis Kunkeng Yengo, F Esemu Livo, Nguedia Jules Clement Assob

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Article in Journal of immunology research, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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Kagoué Simeni Luc-AiméDepartment of Medical Laboratory Sciences, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Buea, Buea, Cameroon.
Yindom Louis-MarieNuffield Department of Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.
Loni Ekali GabrielNational Aids Control Committee, Yaoundé, Cameroon.
Clauvis Kunkeng YengoDepartment of Biochemistry, Faculty of Sciences, University of Yaoundé I, Yaoundé, Cameroon.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7579-9708
F Esemu LivoDepartment of Biochemistry, Faculty of Sciences, University of Yaoundé I, Yaoundé, Cameroon.
Nguedia Jules Clement AssobDepartment of Medical Laboratory Sciences, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Buea, Buea, Cameroon.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9793-1298

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Abstract

The biological reason(s) behind persistent mother-to-child transmission (MTCT) of HIV (albeit at reduced rate compared to the preantiretroviral therapy era) in spite of the successful implementation of advanced control measures in many African countries remains a priority concern to many HIV/AIDS control programs. This may be partly due to differences in host immunogenetic factors in highly polymorphic regions of the human genome such as those encoding the killer-cell immunoglobulin-like receptor (KIR) molecules which modulate the activities of natural killer cells. The primary aim of this study was to determine the variants of KIR genes that may have a role to play in MTCT in a cohort of infants born to HIV-infected mothers in Yaoundé, Cameroon. We designed a cross-sectional study to molecularly determine the frequencies of 15 KIR genes in 14 HIV-exposed infected (HEI), 39 HIV-exposed/uninfected (HEU), and 27 HIV-unexposed/uninfected (HUU) infants using the sequence specific primer polymerase chain reaction (PCR-SSP) method. We found that all 15 KIR genes were present in our cohort. The frequency of

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Disease SusceptibilityHIV-1Age FactorsAllelesAntiretroviral Therapy, Highly ActiveCameroonGene FrequencyGenotypeHaplotypesHIV InfectionsHost-Pathogen InteractionsHumansPopulation SurveillanceReceptors, KIRRisk AssessmentRisk FactorsReceptors, KIR

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PMCPMC7817297

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