Mary Carrington

Phenotype Frequencies of Autosomal Minor Histocompatibility Antigens Display Significant Differences among Populations (2007)

Eric Spierings, Matthijs Hendriks, Léna Absi, Angelica Canossi, Sonal Chhaya, John Crowley, ...

Minor histocompatibility (H) antigens are allogeneic target molecules having significant roles in alloimmune responses after human leukocyte antigen–matched solid organ and stem cell...

HLA Alleles Associated with Delayed Progression to AIDS Contribute Strongly to the Initial CD8+ T Cell Response against HIV-1 (2006)

Marcus Altfeld, Elizabeth T. Kalife, Ying Qi, Hendrik Streeck, Mathias Lichterfeld, Mary N. Johnston, ...

BackgroundVery little is known about the immunodominance patterns of HIV-1-specific T cell responses during primary HIV-1 infection and the reasons for human lymphocyte antigen (HLA) modulation of...

Identification of the ancestral killer immunoglobulin-like receptor gene in primates (2006)

Sambrook, Jennifer G, Bashirova, Arman, Andersen, Hanne, Piatak, Mike, Vernikos, George S, Coggill, Penny, ...

Abstract Background Killer Immunoglobulin-like Receptors (KIR) are essential immuno-surveillance molecules. They are expressed on natural killer and T cells, and interact with human leukocyte...

KIR/HLA Pleiotropism: Protection against Both HIV and Opportunistic Infections (2006)

Ying Qi, Maureen P. Martin, Xiaojiang Gao, Lisa Jacobson, James J. Goedert, Susan Buchbinder, ...

The compound genotype KIR3DS1/HLA-B Bw4-80I, which presumably favors natural killer cell activation, has been implicated in protection against HIV disease. We show that this genotype confers dual...

Genetic Analysis of Completely Sequenced Disease-Associated MHC Haplotypes Identifies Shuffling of Segments in Recent Human History (2006)

James A. Traherne, Roger Horton, Anne N. Roberts, Marcos M. Miretti, Matthew E. Hurles, C. Andrew Stewart, ...

The major histocompatibility complex (MHC) is recognised as one of the most important genetic regions in relation to common human disease. Advancement in identification of MHC genes that confer...

HLA and NK cell inhibitory receptor genes in resolving hepatitis C virus infection (2004)

Khakoo, Salim I., Thio, Chloe L., Martin, Maureen P., Brooks, Collin R., Gao, Xiaojiang, Astemborski, Jacquie, ...

Natural killer (NK) cells provide a central defense against viral infection by using inhibitory and activation receptors for major histocompatibility complex class I molecules as a means of...

HLA and NK cell inhibitory receptor genes in resolving hepatitis C virus infection (2004)

Khakoo, Salim I., Thio, Chloe L., Martin, Maureen P., Brooks, Collin R., Gao, Xiaojiang, Astemborski, Jacquie, ...

Natural killer (NK) cells provide a central defense against viral infection by using inhibitory and activation receptors for major histocompatibility complex class I molecules as a means of...

Association of DC-SIGN promoter polymorphism with increased risk for parenteral, but not mucosal, acquisition of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 infection. (2004)

Martin, Maureen P., Lederman, Michael M., Hutcheson, Holli B., Goedert, James J., Nelson, George W., Van Kooyk, Yvette, ...

There is considerable debate about the fundamental mechanisms that underlie and restrict acquisition of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) infection. In light of recent studies demonstrating...

Dating the Origin of the CCR5-Delta32 AIDS-Resistance Allele by the Coalescence of Haplotypes (2001)

Stephen J. O'brien, J. Claiborne Stephens, David E. Reich, David B. Goldstein, Hyoung Doo Shin, Michael W. Smith, ...

rick, National Cancer Institute, Frederick, MD; 3 Molecular Genetics Department, Hospital Duran i Reynals (IRO), Barcelona; 4 Institut fur Humangenetik, Medizinische Hochschule, Hannover; 5 First...

Forest Succession in Tropical Hardwood Hammocks of the Florida Keys: Effects of Direct Mortality from Hurricane Andrew1 (2001)

Michael S. Ross, Mary Carrington, Laura J. Flynn, Pablo L. Ruiz

A tree species replacement sequence for dry broadleaved forests (tropical hardwood hammocks) in the upper Florida Keys was inferred from species abundances in stands abandoned from agriculture or...

Interleukin-1 polymorphisms associated with increased risk of gastric cancer

El Omar, Emad M., Carrington, Mary, Chow, Wong-Ho, McColl, Kenneth E. L., Bream, Jay H., Young, Howard A., ...

Helicobacter pylori infection is associated with a variety of clinical outcomes including gastric cancer and duodenal ulcer disease. The reasons for this variation are not clear, but the gastric...

Partial Activation and Induction of Apoptosis in CD4+ and CD8+ T Lymphocytes by Conformationally Authentic Noninfectious Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1†

Esser, Mark T., Bess, Julian W., Suryanarayana, Kalachar, Chertova, Elena, Marti, Darlene, Carrington, Mary, ...

Increased levels of apoptosis are seen in human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection, and this has been proposed as an important mechanism contributing to HIV pathogenesis. However, interpretation...

Rhesus macaque dendritic cells efficiently transmit primate lentiviruses independently of DC-SIGN

Wu, Li, Bashirova, Arman A., Martin, Thomas D., Villamide, Loreley, Mehlhop, Erin, Chertov, Andrei O., ...

Here, we describe the isolation and characterization of the rhesus macaque homolog for human DC-SIGN, a dendritic cell-specific C-type lectin. mac-DC-SIGN is 92% identical to hu-DC-SIGN. mac-DC-SIGN...

HLA-Cw*04 and Hepatitis C Virus Persistence

Thio, Chloe L., Gao, Xiaojiang, Goedert, James J., Vlahov, David, Nelson, Kenrad E., Hilgartner, Margaret W., ...

In studies of acute hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection, the early host immune response is one of the determinants of viral persistence. The class I human leukocyte antigens (HLA), which present...

Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 (HIV-1)-Specific CD8+-T-Cell Responses for Groups of HIV-1-Infected Individuals with Different HLA-B*35 Genotypes

Jin, Xia, Gao, Xiaojiang, Deschenes, Geoffrey R., Nelson, George W., O'Brien, Stephen J., ...

Human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1)-infected individuals with HLA-B*35 allelic variants B*3502/3503/3504/5301 (B*35-Px) progress more rapidly to AIDS than do those with B*3501 (B*35-PY). The...

Novel Member of the CD209 (DC-SIGN) Gene Family in Primates

Bashirova, Arman A., Wu, Li, Cheng, Jie, Martin, Thomas D., Martin, Maureen P., Benveniste, Raoul E., ...

Two CD209 family genes identified in humans, CD209 (DC-SIGN) and CD209L (DC-SIGNR/L-SIGN), encode C-type lectins that serve as adhesion receptors for ICAM-2 and ICAM-3 and participate in the...

Comprehensive Analysis of Class I and Class II HLA Antigens and Chronic Hepatitis B Virus Infection

Thio, Chloe L., Thomas, David L., Karacki, Peter, Gao, Xiaojiang, Marti, Darlene, Kaslow, Richard A., ...

Following an acute hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection, clearance or persistence is determined in part by the vigor and breadth of the host immune response. Since the human leukocyte antigen system...

Association of DC-SIGN Promoter Polymorphism with Increased Risk for Parenteral, but Not Mucosal, Acquisition of Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 Infection

Martin, Maureen P., Lederman, Michael M., Hutcheson, Holli B., Goedert, James J., Nelson, George W., Van Kooyk, Yvette, ...

There is considerable debate about the fundamental mechanisms that underlie and restrict acquisition of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) infection. In light of recent studies demonstrating...

Single haplotype analysis demonstrates rapid evolution of the killer immunoglobulin-like receptor (KIR) loci in primates

Sambrook, Jennifer G., Bashirova, Arman, Palmer, Sophie, Sims, Sarah, Trowsdale, John, Abi-Rached, Laurent, ...

The human killer immunoglobulin-like receptors (KIR) are encoded within the Leukocyte Receptor Complex (LRC) on chromosome 19q13.4. Here we report the comparative genomic analysis of single KIR...

Genetic Analysis of Completely Sequenced Disease-Associated MHC Haplotypes Identifies Shuffling of Segments in Recent Human History

Traherne, James A, Horton, Roger, Roberts, Anne N, Miretti, Marcos M, Hurles, Matthew E, Stewart, C. Andrew, ...

The major histocompatibility complex (MHC) is recognised as one of the most important genetic regions in relation to common human disease. Advancement in identification of MHC genes that confer...

The High-Frequency Major Histocompatibility Complex Class I Allele Mamu-B*17 Is Associated with Control of Simian Immunodeficiency Virus SIVmac239 Replication

Yant, Levi J., Friedrich, Thomas C., Johnson, Randall C., May, Gemma E., Maness, Nicholas J., Enz, Alissa M., ...

Particular HLA alleles are associated with reduced human immunodeficiency virus replication. It has been difficult, however, to characterize the immune correlates of viral control. An analysis of the...

KIR/HLA Pleiotropism: Protection against Both HIV and Opportunistic Infections

Qi, Ying, Martin, Maureen P, Gao, Xiaojiang, Jacobson, Lisa, Goedert, James J, Buchbinder, Susan, ...

The compound genotype KIR3DS1/HLA-B Bw4-80I, which presumably favors natural killer cell activation, has been implicated in protection against HIV disease. We show that this genotype confers dual...

Consistent Effects of TSG101 Genetic Variability on Multiple Outcomes of Exposure to Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1†

Bashirova, Arman A., Bleiber, Gabriela, Qi, Ying, Hutcheson, Holli, Yamashita, Traci, Johnson, Randall C., ...

Tumor susceptibility gene 101 (TSG101) encodes a host cellular protein that is appropriated by human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) in the budding process of viral particles from infected...

HLA Alleles Associated with Delayed Progression to AIDS Contribute Strongly to the Initial CD8+ T Cell Response against HIV-1

Altfeld, Marcus, Kalife, Elizabeth T, Qi, Ying, Streeck, Hendrik, Lichterfeld, Mathias, Johnston, Mary N, ...

A subset of CD8+ T cell epitopes within HIV-1 are consistently targeted early after infection. This could explain some of the protective effect of certain HLA class I alleles on HIV-1 disease...

Partial Activation and Induction of Apoptosis in CD4+ and CD8+ T Lymphocytes by Conformationally Authentic Noninfectious Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1†

Esser, Mark T., Bess, Julian W., Suryanarayana, Kalachar, Chertova, Elena, Marti, Darlene, Carrington, Mary, ...

Increased levels of apoptosis are seen in human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection, and this has been proposed as an important mechanism contributing to HIV pathogenesis. However, interpretation...

Rhesus macaque dendritic cells efficiently transmit primate lentiviruses independently of DC-SIGN

Wu, Li, Bashirova, Arman A., Martin, Thomas D., Villamide, Loreley, Mehlhop, Erin, Chertov, Andrei O., ...

Here, we describe the isolation and characterization of the rhesus macaque homolog for human DC-SIGN, a dendritic cell-specific C-type lectin. mac-DC-SIGN is 92% identical to hu-DC-SIGN. mac-DC-SIGN...

HLA-Cw*04 and Hepatitis C Virus Persistence

Thio, Chloe L., Gao, Xiaojiang, Goedert, James J., Vlahov, David, Nelson, Kenrad E., Hilgartner, Margaret W., ...

In studies of acute hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection, the early host immune response is one of the determinants of viral persistence. The class I human leukocyte antigens (HLA), which present...

Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 (HIV-1)-Specific CD8+-T-Cell Responses for Groups of HIV-1-Infected Individuals with Different HLA-B*35 Genotypes

Jin, Xia, Gao, Xiaojiang, Deschenes, Geoffrey R., Nelson, George W., O'Brien, Stephen J., ...

Human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1)-infected individuals with HLA-B*35 allelic variants B*3502/3503/3504/5301 (B*35-Px) progress more rapidly to AIDS than do those with B*3501 (B*35-PY). The...

Novel Member of the CD209 (DC-SIGN) Gene Family in Primates

Bashirova, Arman A., Wu, Li, Cheng, Jie, Martin, Thomas D., Martin, Maureen P., Benveniste, Raoul E., ...

Two CD209 family genes identified in humans, CD209 (DC-SIGN) and CD209L (DC-SIGNR/L-SIGN), encode C-type lectins that serve as adhesion receptors for ICAM-2 and ICAM-3 and participate in the...

Comprehensive Analysis of Class I and Class II HLA Antigens and Chronic Hepatitis B Virus Infection

Thio, Chloe L., Thomas, David L., Karacki, Peter, Gao, Xiaojiang, Marti, Darlene, Kaslow, Richard A., ...

Following an acute hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection, clearance or persistence is determined in part by the vigor and breadth of the host immune response. Since the human leukocyte antigen system...

High-Resolution Patterns of Meiotic Recombination across the Human Major Histocompatibility Complex

Cullen, Michael, Perfetto, Stephen P., Klitz, William, Nelson, George, Carrington, Mary

Definitive characteristics of meiotic recombination events over large (i.e., >1 Mb) segments of the human genome remain obscure, yet they are essential for establishing the haplotypic structure of...

Association of DC-SIGN Promoter Polymorphism with Increased Risk for Parenteral, but Not Mucosal, Acquisition of Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 Infection

Martin, Maureen P., Lederman, Michael M., Hutcheson, Holli B., Goedert, James J., Nelson, George W., Van Kooyk, Yvette, ...

There is considerable debate about the fundamental mechanisms that underlie and restrict acquisition of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) infection. In light of recent studies demonstrating...

Single haplotype analysis demonstrates rapid evolution of the killer immunoglobulin-like receptor (KIR) loci in primates

Sambrook, Jennifer G., Bashirova, Arman, Palmer, Sophie, Sims, Sarah, Trowsdale, John, Abi-Rached, Laurent, ...

The human killer immunoglobulin-like receptors (KIR) are encoded within the Leukocyte Receptor Complex (LRC) on chromosome 19q13.4. Here we report the comparative genomic analysis of single KIR...

An Integrated Haplotype Map of the Human Major Histocompatibility Complex

Walsh, Emily C., Mather, Kristie A., Schaffner, Stephen F., Farwell, Lisa, Daly, Mark J., Patterson, Nick, ...

Numerous studies have clearly indicated a role for the major histocompatibility complex (MHC) in susceptibility to autoimmune diseases. Such studies have focused on the genetic variation of a small...

Genetic Analysis of Completely Sequenced Disease-Associated MHC Haplotypes Identifies Shuffling of Segments in Recent Human History

Traherne, James A, Horton, Roger, Roberts, Anne N, Miretti, Marcos M, Hurles, Matthew E, Stewart, C. Andrew, ...

The major histocompatibility complex (MHC) is recognised as one of the most important genetic regions in relation to common human disease. Advancement in identification of MHC genes that confer...

The High-Frequency Major Histocompatibility Complex Class I Allele Mamu-B*17 Is Associated with Control of Simian Immunodeficiency Virus SIVmac239 Replication

Yant, Levi J., Friedrich, Thomas C., Johnson, Randall C., May, Gemma E., Maness, Nicholas J., Enz, Alissa M., ...

Particular HLA alleles are associated with reduced human immunodeficiency virus replication. It has been difficult, however, to characterize the immune correlates of viral control. An analysis of the...

Consistent Effects of TSG101 Genetic Variability on Multiple Outcomes of Exposure to Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1†

Bashirova, Arman A., Bleiber, Gabriela, Qi, Ying, Hutcheson, Holli, Yamashita, Traci, Johnson, Randall C., ...

Tumor susceptibility gene 101 (TSG101) encodes a host cellular protein that is appropriated by human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) in the budding process of viral particles from infected...

KIR/HLA Pleiotropism: Protection against Both HIV and Opportunistic Infections

Qi, Ying, Martin, Maureen P, Gao, Xiaojiang, Jacobson, Lisa, Goedert, James J, Buchbinder, Susan, ...

The compound genotype KIR3DS1/HLA-B Bw4-80I, which presumably favors natural killer cell activation, has been implicated in protection against HIV disease. We show that this genotype confers dual...

HLA Alleles Associated with Delayed Progression to AIDS Contribute Strongly to the Initial CD8+ T Cell Response against HIV-1

Altfeld, Marcus, Kalife, Elizabeth T, Qi, Ying, Streeck, Hendrik, Lichterfeld, Mathias, Johnston, Mary N, ...

A subset of CD8+ T cell epitopes within HIV-1 are consistently targeted early after infection. This could explain some of the protective effect of certain HLA class I alleles on HIV-1 disease...

Interleukin-1 polymorphisms associated with increased risk of gastric cancer

El Omar, Emad M., Carrington, Mary, Chow, Wong-Ho, McColl, Kenneth E. L., Bream, Jay H., Young, Howard A., ...

Helicobacter pylori infection is associated with a variety of clinical outcomes including gastric cancer and duodenal ulcer disease. The reasons for this variation are not clear, but the gastric...

Genetic Protection against Hepatitis B Virus Conferred by CCR5Δ32: Evidence that CCR5 Contributes to Viral Persistence▿

Thio, Chloe L., Astemborski, Jacquie, Bashirova, Arman, Mosbruger, Timothy, Greer, Spencer, Witt, Mallory D., ...

Recovery from acute hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection requires a broad, vigorous T-cell response, which is enhanced in mice when chemokine receptor 5 (CCR5) is missing. To test the hypothesis that...

Phenotype Frequencies of Autosomal Minor Histocompatibility Antigens Display Significant Differences among Populations

Spierings, Eric, Hendriks, Matthijs, Absi, Léna, Canossi, Angelica, Chhaya, Sonal, Crowley, John, ...

Minor histocompatibility (H) antigens are allogeneic target molecules having significant roles in alloimmune responses after human leukocyte antigen–matched solid organ and stem cell...

DEC-205 receptor on dendritic cells mediates presentation of HIV gag protein to CD8+ T cells in a spectrum of human MHC I haplotypes

Bozzacco, Leonia, Trumpfheller, Christine, Siegal, Frederick P., Mehandru, Saurabh, Markowitz, Martin, Carrington, Mary, ...

Optimal HIV vaccines should elicit CD8+ T cells specific for HIV proteins presented on MHC class I products, because these T cells contribute to host resistance to viruses. We had previously found...

Mamu-B*08-Positive Macaques Control Simian Immunodeficiency Virus Replication▿

Loffredo, John T., Maxwell, Jess, Qi, Ying, Glidden, Chrystal E., Borchardt, Gretta J., Soma, Taeko, ...

Certain major histocompatibility complex (MHC) class I alleles are associated with the control of human immunodeficiency virus and simian immunodeficiency virus (SIV) replication. We have designed...

Adjunctive Passive Immunotherapy in Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1-Infected Individuals Treated with Antiviral Therapy during Acute and Early Infection▿ †

Mehandru, Saurabh, Vcelar, Brigitta, Wrin, Terri, Stiegler, Gabriela, Joos, Beda, Mohri, Hiroshi, ...

Three neutralizing monoclonal antibodies (MAbs), 2G12, 2F5, and 4E10, with activity in vitro and in vivo were administered in an open-label, nonrandomized, proof-of-concept study to attempt to...

Distinct KIR/HLA compound genotypes affect the kinetics of human antiviral natural killer cell responses

Ahlenstiel, Golo, Martin, Maureen P., Gao, Xiaojiang, Carrington, Mary, Rehermann, Barbara

Genetic studies suggest a role for killer cell immunoglobulin-like receptor/HLA (KIR/HLA) compound genotypes in the outcome of viral infections, but functional data to explain these epidemiological...

Combinations of Maternal KIR and Fetal HLA-C Genes Influence the Risk of Preeclampsia and Reproductive Success

Hiby, Susan E., Walker, James J., O'Shaughnessy, Kevin M., Redman, Christopher W.G., Carrington, Mary, Trowsdale, John, ...

Preeclampsia is a serious complication of pregnancy in which the fetus receives an inadequate supply of blood due to failure of trophoblast invasion. There is evidence that the condition has an...

Hierarchy of resistance to cervical neoplasia mediated by combinations of killer immunoglobulin-like receptor and human leukocyte antigen loci

Carrington, Mary, Wang, Sophia, Martin, Maureen P., Gao, Xiaojiang, Schiffman, Mark, Cheng, Jie, ...

Killer immunoglobulin-like receptor (KIR) recognition of specific human histocompatibility leukocyte antigen (HLA) class I allotypes contributes to the array of receptor–ligand interactions that...

Statistical Resolution of Ambiguous HLA Typing Data

Listgarten, Jennifer, Brumme, Zabrina, Kadie, Carl, Xiaojiang, Gao, Walker, Bruce, Carrington, Mary, ...

High-resolution HLA typing plays a central role in many areas of immunology, such as in identifying immunogenetic risk factors for disease, in studying how the genomes of pathogens evolve in response...

DNA Methylation Maintains Allele-specific KIR Gene Expression in Human Natural Killer Cells

Chan, Huei-Wei, Kurago, Zoya B., Stewart, C. Andrew, Wilson, Michael J., Martin, Maureen P., Mace, Brian E., ...

Killer immunoglobulin-like receptors (KIR) bind self–major histocompatibility complex class I molecules, allowing natural killer (NK) cells to recognize aberrant cells that have down-regulated...

A Dendritic Cell–Specific Intercellular Adhesion Molecule 3–Grabbing Nonintegrin (Dc-Sign)–Related Protein Is Highly Expressed on Human Liver Sinusoidal Endothelial Cells and Promotes HIV-1 Infection

Bashirova, Arman A., Geijtenbeek, Teunis B.H., Van Vliet, Sandra J., Eilering, Jeroen B.G., Martin, Maureen P., ...

The discovery of dendritic cell (DC)-specific intercellular adhesion molecule (ICAM)-3–grabbing nonintegrin (DC-SIGN) as a DC-specific ICAM-3 binding receptor that enhances HIV-1 infection of T...

The Major Histocompatibility Complex Class II Alleles Mamu-DRB1*1003 and -DRB1*0306 Are Enriched in a Cohort of Simian Immunodeficiency Virus-Infected Rhesus Macaque Elite Controllers▿

Giraldo-Vela, Juan P., Rudersdorf, Richard, Chung, Chungwon, Qi, Ying, Wallace, Lyle T., Bimber, Benjamin, ...

The role of CD4+ T cells in the control of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and simian immunodeficiency virus (SIV) replication is not well understood. Even though strong HIV-