FAS −670A/G single nucleotide polymorphism may be associated with human T lymphotropic virus-1 infection and clinical evolution to TSP/HAM - Vallinoto, Antonio Carlos R.; Santana, Bárbara B.; dos Santos, Ethienne L.; do Espírito Santo, Rafaela R.; Hermes, Renata B.; Sousa, Rita Catarina M.; Cayres-Vallinoto, Izaura; Machado, Luiz Fernando A.; Ishak, Marluísa O.G.; Ishak, Ricardo (Virus research, 2012)
Keywords: Apoptosis; Asymptomatic infection; blood; CD4-Positive T-Lymphocytes - immunology; CD8-Positive T-Lymphocytes - immunology; CD95 antigen; Cell number; disease course; disease resistance; Endonuclease; Fas antigen; fas Receptor - genetics; FAS/FASLG polymorphisms; Gene Frequency; Gene polymorphism; genes; Genetic Predisposition to Disease; Genotype; HTLV; HTLV-I Infections - genetics; Human T-lymphotropic virus 1; Human T-lymphotropic virus 1 - pathogenicity; Humans; Immune system; Lymphocyte Count; patients; people; Polymerase Chain Reaction; Polymorphism, Restriction Fragment Length; Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide; Primate T-lymphotropic virus 1; Proviruses - genetics; restriction endonucleases; restriction fragment length polymorphism; Single-nucleotide polymorphism; Statistics; TSP/HAM; Viral Load; FAS/FASLG polymorphisms; TSP/HAM; HTLV