Identification of Siglec-1 null individuals infected with HIV-1

Binding of virus, HIV-1, to cellular protein Siglec-1 is important for infection of immune cells. Here the authors show that a natural mutation leading to production of truncated Siglec-1 reduces HIV binding and infectivity transfer in vitro, but does not substantially affect infection or AIDS outco...

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Main Authors: Javier Martinez-Picado, Paul J. McLaren, Itziar Erkizia, Maureen P. Martin, Susana Benet, Margalida Rotger, Judith Dalmau, Dan Ouchi, Steven M. Wolinsky, Sudhir Penugonda, Huldrych F. Günthard, Jacques Fellay, Mary Carrington, Nuria Izquierdo-Useros, Amalio Telenti
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2016-08-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms12412