Genome-wide mRNA expression correlates of viral control in CD4+ T-cells from HIV-1-infected individuals.

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Rotger, Margalida

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Dang, Kristen K

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Fellay, Jacques

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Heinzen, Erin L

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Feng, Sheng

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Descombes, Patrick

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Shianna, Kevin V

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Ge, Dongliang

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Günthard, Huldrych F

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Goldstein, David B

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Telenti, Amalio

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Swiss HIV Cohort Study

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Center for HIV/AIDS Vaccine Immunology

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Emerman, Michael

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United States

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2011-06-21T17:32:21Z

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2010-02-26

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There is great interindividual variability in HIV-1 viral setpoint after seroconversion, some of which is known to be due to genetic differences among infected individuals. Here, our focus is on determining, genome-wide, the contribution of variable gene expression to viral control, and to relate it to genomic DNA polymorphism. RNA was extracted from purified CD4+ T-cells from 137 HIV-1 seroconverters, 16 elite controllers, and 3 healthy blood donors. Expression levels of more than 48,000 mRNA transcripts were assessed by the Human-6 v3 Expression BeadChips (Illumina). Genome-wide SNP data was generated from genomic DNA using the HumanHap550 Genotyping BeadChip (Illumina). We observed two distinct profiles with 260 genes differentially expressed depending on HIV-1 viral load. There was significant upregulation of expression of interferon stimulated genes with increasing viral load, including genes of the intrinsic antiretroviral defense. Upon successful antiretroviral treatment, the transcriptome profile of previously viremic individuals reverted to a pattern comparable to that of elite controllers and of uninfected individuals. Genome-wide evaluation of cis-acting SNPs identified genetic variants modulating expression of 190 genes. Those were compared to the genes whose expression was found associated with viral load: expression of one interferon stimulated gene, OAS1, was found to be regulated by a SNP (rs3177979, p = 4.9E-12); however, we could not detect an independent association of the SNP with viral setpoint. Thus, this study represents an attempt to integrate genome-wide SNP signals with genome-wide expression profiles in the search for biological correlates of HIV-1 control. It underscores the paradox of the association between increasing levels of viral load and greater expression of antiviral defense pathways. It also shows that elite controllers do not have a fully distinctive mRNA expression pattern in CD4+ T cells. Overall, changes in global RNA expression reflect responses to viral replication rather than a mechanism that might explain viral control.

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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20195503

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1553-7374

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https://hdl.handle.net/10161/4593

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eng

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en_US

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Public Library of Science (PLoS)

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PLoS Pathog

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10.1371/journal.ppat.1000781

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Plos Pathogens

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Adult

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CD4-Positive T-Lymphocytes

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Cell Separation

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Female

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Gene Expression

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Gene Expression Profiling

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Genome-Wide Association Study

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HIV Infections

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HIV-1

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Humans

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Male

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Oligonucleotide Array Sequence Analysis

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Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide

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RNA, Messenger

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Viral Load

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Genome-wide mRNA expression correlates of viral control in CD4+ T-cells from HIV-1-infected individuals.

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Journal article

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2010-2-0

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2

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6

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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20195503

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e1000781

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2

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Basic Science Departments

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Duke

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Duke Center for Human Genome Variation

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Duke Clinical Research Institute

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Duke Institute for Brain Sciences

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Faculty

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Institutes and Centers

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Institutes and Provost's Academic Units

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Molecular Genetics and Microbiology

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School of Medicine

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University Institutes and Centers

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Published online

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6

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