Viruses, Vol. 11, Pages 675: Δccr5 Genotype Is Associated with Mild Form of Nephropathia Epidemica

Viruses, Vol. 11, Pages 675: Δccr5 Genotype Is Associated with Mild Form of Nephropathia Epidemica Viruses doi: 10.3390/v11070675 Authors: Konstantin Kletenkov Ekaterina Martynova Yuriy Davidyuk Emmanuel Kabwe Anton Shamsutdinov Ekaterina Garanina Venera Shakirova Ilsiyar Khaertynova Vladimir Anokhin Rachael Tarlinton Albert Rizvanov Svetlana Khaiboullina Sergey Morzunov Nephropathia Epidemica (NE), a mild form of hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome (HFRS) and linked to hantavirus infection, is endemic in the Republic of Tatarstan. Several genetic markers of HFRS severity have been identified previously, including human leukocyte antigen (HLA) complexes and nucleotide polymorphism in the tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNFα) gene. Still, our understanding of the genetic markers of NE severity remains incomplete. The frequency of the C–C chemokine receptor type 5 (CCR5) gene wild type and gene with 32-base-pair deletion (Δ32CCR5) genotypes in 98 NE samples and 592 controls was analyzed using PCR. Along with the serum levels of 94 analytes, a lack of differences in the CCR5 genotype distribution between NE cases and the general population suggests that the CCR5 genotype does not affect susceptibility to hantavirus infection. However, in NE cases, significant variation in the serum levels of the host matrix metalloproteases between functional CCR5 homozygous and Δ32CCR5 heterozygous patients ...
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