β-defensin Genomic Copy Number Is Associated With HIV Load and Immune Reconstitution in Sub-Saharan Africans
The Journal of Infectious Diseases, 08/09/2012
Hardwick RJ et al. – Authors suggest a model where variable amounts of β–defensin expression by mucosal cells, due to gene copy number variation, alters the efficacy of recruitment of Th17 lymphocytes to the site of infection, altering the dynamics of infection.



