The human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) is a lentivirus (a subgroup of retrovirus) that causes HIV infection and over time acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS). Two types of HIV has been characterized. HIV-1 is the most virulent and pathogenic strain. Worldwide, the predominant virus is HIV-1. The relatively uncommon HIV-2 type is concentrated in West Africa and is rarely found elsewhere. Infection with HIV occurs by transfer of blood, semen, and breast milk. The identification of HIV as the causative agent of AIDS catalyzed efforts to develop antiviral agents. The licenced anti-HIV drugs fall into some categories: reverse transcriptase inhibitors (NRTIs and NNRTIs), integrase inhibitors, protease inhibitors (PIs), fusion inhibitors (FIs), and coreceptor inhibitors. The advent of highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) as the standard of care for the treatment of HIV infection was seminal in reducing the morbidity and mortality associated with HIV infection and progression to AIDS. Combination antiretroviral therapy dramatically suppresses HIV replication and reduces the plasma HIV-1 viral load, resulting in significant reconstitution of the immune system. Genetic susceptibility to HIV infection and AIDS progression is variable among individuals and populations, and in part genetically determined. Genetic variants of genes encoding HIV co-receptors and their chemokine ligands have been described, and some of these variants were associated with resistance to HIV infection and/or disease progression.
Category
Infectious disease
Brite
Infectious diseases [BR:br08401]
Viral infections
Infections caused by ssRNA-RT viruses
H01563 HIV infection
Human diseases in ICD-11 classification [BR:br08403]
01 Certain infectious or parasitic diseases
Human immunodeficiency virus disease
1C62 Human immunodeficiency virus disease without mention of tuberculosis or malaria
H01563 HIV infection
Pathway
hsa05170
Human immunodeficiency virus 1 infection
Related pathway
hsa04060
Cytokine-cytokine receptor interaction
hsa04061
Viral protein interaction with cytokine and cytokine receptor
hsa04062
Chemokine signaling pathway
hsa04620
Toll-like receptor signaling pathway
Network
nt06121 TLR signaling (viruses and bacteria) nt06123 TNF signaling (viruses and bacteria) nt06124 Chemokine signaling (viruses) nt06129 MHC presentation (viruses) nt06130 Cell cycle (viruses) nt06131 Apoptosis (viruses and bacteria) nt06134 CGAS-STING signaling (viruses and bacteria) nt06150 Cytokine-cytokine receptor interaction (viruses) nt06161 Human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1)
Shin HD, Winkler C, Stephens JC, Bream J, Young H, Goedert JJ, O'Brien TR, Vlahov D, Buchbinder S, Giorgi J, Rinaldo C, Donfield S, Willoughby A, O'Brien SJ, Smith MW
Title
Genetic restriction of HIV-1 pathogenesis to AIDS by promoter alleles of IL10.
Journal
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 97:14467-72 (2000) DOI:10.1073/pnas.97.26.14467
Reference
PMID:15564514 (CD209)
Authors
Martin MP, Lederman MM, Hutcheson HB, Goedert JJ, Nelson GW, van Kooyk Y, Detels R, Buchbinder S, Hoots K, Vlahov D, O'Brien SJ, Carrington M
Title
Association of DC-SIGN promoter polymorphism with increased risk for parenteral, but not mucosal, acquisition of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 infection.
Urban TJ, Weintrob AC, Fellay J, Colombo S, Shianna KV, Gumbs C, Rotger M, Pelak K, Dang KK, Detels R, Martinson JJ, O'Brien SJ, Letvin NL, McMichael AJ, Haynes BF, Carrington M, Telenti A, Michael NL, Goldstein DB
Title
CCL3L1 and HIV/AIDS susceptibility.
Journal
Nat Med 15:1110-2 (2009) DOI:10.1038/nm1009-1110
Reference
PMID:12854077 (IFNG)
Authors
An P, Vlahov D, Margolick JB, Phair J, O'Brien TR, Lautenberger J, O'Brien SJ, Winkler CA
Title
A tumor necrosis factor-alpha-inducible promoter variant of interferon-gamma accelerates CD4+ T cell depletion in human immunodeficiency virus-1-infected individuals.
Journal
J Infect Dis 188:228-31 (2003) DOI:10.1086/376455
Reference
PMID:10731151 (CX3CR1)
Authors
Faure S, Meyer L, Costagliola D, Vaneensberghe C, Genin E, Autran B, Delfraissy JF, McDermott DH, Murphy PM, Debre P, Theodorou I, Combadiere C
Title
Rapid progression to AIDS in HIV+ individuals with a structural variant of the chemokine receptor CX3CR1.
Vasilescu A, Terashima Y, Enomoto M, Heath S, Poonpiriya V, Gatanaga H, Do H, Diop G, Hirtzig T, Auewarakul P, Lauhakirti D, Sura T, Charneau P, Marullo S, Therwath A, Oka S, Kanegasaki S, Lathrop M, Matsushima K, Zagury JF, Matsuda F
Title
A haplotype of the human CXCR1 gene protective against rapid disease progression in HIV-1+ patients.
Journal
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 104:3354-9 (2007) DOI:10.1073/pnas.0611670104
Reference
PMID:16189667 (IL4R)
Authors
Soriano A, Lozano F, Oliva H, Garcia F, Nomdedeu M, De Lazzari E, Rodriguez C, Barrasa A, Lorenzo JI, Del Romero J, Plana M, Miro JM, Gatell JM, Vives J, Gallart T
Title
Polymorphisms in the interleukin-4 receptor alpha chain gene influence susceptibility to HIV-1 infection and its progression to AIDS.