Inhibitory KIR/HLA incompatibility between sexual partners confers protection against HIV-1 transmission

Author:

Jennes Wim1,Verheyden Sonja2,Mertens Julie W.1,Camara Makhtar3,Seydi Moussa4,Dieye Tandakha N.3,Mboup Souleymane3,Demanet Christian2,Kestens Luc15

Affiliation:

1. Laboratory of Immunology, Department of Biomedical Sciences, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp, Belgium;

2. HLA and Molecular Hematology Laboratory, Universitair Ziekenhuis Brussel (UZ Brussel), Brussels, Belgium;

3. Laboratory of Immunology, Department of Bacteriology-Virology, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Le Dantec, Cheikh Anta Diop University, Dakar, Senegal;

4. Department of Infectious Diseases, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Fann, Cheikh Anta Diop University, Dakar, Senegal; and

5. Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium

Abstract

Key Points HIV-1 transmission is influenced by the compatibility of sexual partners for two immune system genes, KIR and HLA. KIR/HLA incompatibility likely allows alloreactive NK cells from the exposed partner to reject incoming cells from the HIV-1–infected partner.

Publisher

American Society of Hematology

Subject

Cell Biology,Hematology,Immunology,Biochemistry

Reference50 articles.

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