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. 2020 May 14;139(6):865–875. doi: 10.1007/s00439-020-02177-9

Table 1.

Genome-wide association studies on human immunodeficiency virus-1 infection

First author Publication date (yyyy-mm-dd) Journal Reported trait Sample number (ancestry) Cohort used References
European Ancestry Cohort
 Fellay 2007-07-19 Science HIV viral setpoint 486 European EuroCHAVI Fellay et al. (2007)
 Limou 2000-01-01 J Infect Dis AIDS progression 1627 European, 86 NR GRIV Limou et al. (2009)
 Le Clerc 2009-09-15 J Infect Dis AIDS 2134 European GRIV Le Clerc et al. (2009)
 Fellay 2009-12-24 PLoS Genet HIV-1 control 2362 European EuroCHAVI Fellay (2009)
 Ferreira 2009-12-31 AM J Hum Genet

CD56 positive NK-lymphocyte cell count

CD19-positive B-lymphocyte count

CD8-positive T-lymphocyte count

CD4-positive T-lymphocyte count

2538 European Siblings from 1089 Australian families Ferreira et al. (2010)
 Shrestha 2010-01-01 AIDS Carotid atherosclerosis in HIV infection 177 European FRAM Shrestha et al. (2010)
 Herbeck 2010-02-15 J Infect Dis HIV-1 progression 156 European MACS Herbeck et al. (2010)
 Bol 2011-02-25 PLoS One HIV-1 replication 191 European Healthy blood donors Bol et al. (2011)
 Troyer 2011-05-01 J Infect Dis AIDS progression 755 European GRIV Troyer et al. (2011)
 van Manen 2011-07-21 PLoS One HIV-1 progression 404 European ACS van Manen et al. (2011)
 Irvin 2011-12-01 Pharmacogenet Genomics Fat distribution (HIV) 192 European FRAM Irvin et al. (2011)
 Lane 2013-02-10 Hum Mol Genet HIV-1 susceptibility 1195 European CHAVI014, MHCS Lane et al. (2013)
 McLaren 2013-07-25 PLoS Pathog HIV-1 susceptibility 13,581 European ACTG; ALIVE; ACS; ANRS CO18; ANRS PRIMO Cohort; CCR; CHAVI; Danish HIV Cohort Study; GISHEAL; GRIV Cohort; HGDS; Hospital Clinic-IDIBAPS Acute/Recent HIV-1 Infection; Icona Foundation Study; International HIV Controllers Study, The IrsiCaixa Foundation Acute/Recent HIV-1 Infection Cohort; Modena Cohort; MACS; MHCS; Pumwani Sex Workers Cohort; SFCCC; The GPC Cohort/ Sanger Institute in Oxford, UK, and in Uganda; SHCS; University Medical Center Utrecht Dutch Controls Cohort; NHS; WTCCC3; Western Australian HIV Cohort Study McLaren et al. (2013)
 McLaren 2015-11-09 Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A Setpoint viral load in HIV-1 infection 6315 European EuroCHAVI, ALIVE, DCG, HGDS, MHCS, SFCC, GRIV, PRIMO, MACS, ACTG, IHCS, ACS, UHS McLaren et al. (2015)
 Ulveling 2016-07-29 Hepatology Liver fibrosis severity in HIV/hepatitis C co-infection 289 European French National Agency for Research on AIDS and Viral Hepatitis CO13 HEPAVIH Ulveling et al. (2016)
African Ancestry Cohorts
 Pelak 2010-04-15 J Infect Dis HIV-1 viral setpoint 515 African American or Afro-Caribbean NHS; MACS Pelak et al. (2010)
 Petrovski 2011-02-20 AIDS HIV-1 susceptibility 1379 Sub-Saharan African Recruited from the Center for HIV/AIDS Vaccine Immunology Clinical Core in Malawi Petrovski et al. (2011)
 Lingappa 2011-12-12 PLoS One HIV-1 susceptibility 798 Sub-Saharan African, African unspecified The Partners in Prevention HSV/HIV Transmission Study; The Couples Observational Study Lingappa et al. (2011)
 Carr 2017-01-05 J Antimicrob Chemother Nevirapine-induced hypersensitivity in HIV (drug-induced liver injury) 203 Sub-Saharan African

Recruited from the Queen Elizabeth Central

Hospital, Malawi

Carr et al. (2017)
Nevirapine-induced hypersensitivity in HIV 333 Sub-Saharan African
Nevirapine-induced hypersensitivity in HIV (rash) 398 Sub-Saharan African
Nevirapine-induced hypersensitivity in HIV (hypersensitivity syndrome) 205 Sub-Saharan African
Nevirapine-induced hypersensitivity in HIV (Stevens-Johnson syndrome or toxic epidermal necrosis) 233 Sub-Saharan African
Asian Ancestry Cohorts
 Uttayamakul 2015-06-15 AIDS Res Hum Retroviruses Response to stavudine in HIV (lipoatrophy) 141 Southeast Asian Bamrasnaradura Infectious Diseases Institute, Nonthaburi, Thailand Uttayamakul et al. (2015)
 Wei 2015-06-17 Sci Rep HIV-1 viral setpoint 538 East Asian Chinese Medical University: HAN, YUN, XIN Wei et al. (2015)
Multiethnic cohorts
 Pereyra 2010-11-04 Science HIV-1 control

1712 European;

1233 African American or Afro-Caribbean;

677 Hispanic or Latin American

International HIV Controllers Study, ACTG Pereyra et al. (2010)
 Moore 2015-01-09 Open Forum Infect Dis Neutrophil count in HIV infection; HDL cholesterol in HI -infection; total bilirubin levels in HIV-1 infection 2547 European, Hispanic or Latin American, African unspecified ACTG Moore et al. (2015)
 Lehmann 2015-02-01 Pharmacogenet Genomics Response to abacavir-containing treatment in HIV-1 infection (virologic failure)

346 European; 265 African unspecified;

175 Hispanic or Latin American

ACTG Lehmann et al. (2015)
 Lehmann 2015-02-01 Pharmacogenet Genomics Response to efavirenz-containing treatment in HIV-1 infection (virologic failure)

737 European; 545 African unspecified;

314 Hispanic or Latin American

ACTG Lehmann et al. (2015)
 Johnson 2015-03-18 PLoS One HIV-1 susceptibility 2004 African American or Afro-Caribbean; 1132 European UHS Johnson et al. (2015)
 Wanga 2015-09-01 Pharmacogenet Genomics Bilirubin measurement, response to tenofovir, HIV infection, creatinine clearance 243 European, 149 African American, 100 Hispanic American, 9 UA ACTG Wanga et al. (2015)
 Jia 2017-04-26 Am J Med Genet B Neuropsychiatr Genet Neurocognitive impairment in HIV-1 infection (continuous)

490 African American or Afro-Caribbean;

443 European;

99 Hispanic or Latin American;

17 NR

CHARTER Jia et al. (2017)
 Jia 2017-04-26 Am J Med Genet B Neuropsychiatr Genet Neurocognitive impairment in HIV-1 infection (dichotomous)

490 African American or Afro-Caribbean;

443 European; 99 Hispanic or Latin American; 17 NR

CHARTER Jia et al. (2017)
 Ekenberg 2019-06-13 J Infect Dis Pre-treatment viral load in HIV-1 infection

572 African unspecified; 1398 European; 418 Hispanic or Latin American;

13 Asian unspecified;

39 NR

START Ekenberg et al. (2019)

GWAS were compiled through the NHGRI-EBI GWAS Catalog using the search terms “HIV-1” and “AIDS”. Cohorts used have been abbreviated. All abbreviations are listed below in alphabetical order. ‘NR’ is not reported ancestry, ‘UA’ is unknown ancestry (MacArthur et al. 2018)

ACS Amsterdam Cohort Studies on HIV Infection and AIDS, ACTG AIDS Clinical Trials Group, ALIVE AIDS Linked to the IntroVenous Experience, CCR Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, CHARTER CNS HIV Antiretroviral Therapy Effects Research, CHAVI Center for HIV/AIDS Vaccine Immunology, EuroCHAVI Consortium Swiss HIV Cohort Study; Icona Foundation Study; IrsiCaixa Foundation; San Raffaele del Monte Tabor Foundation; Danish Cohort; Royal Perth Hospital: Guy's, King's, and St. Thomas' Hospitals; Modena Cohort; Hospital Clinic-IDIBAPS cohort; Multicenter AIDS Cohort Study, FRAM Fat Redistribution and Metabolic Change in HIV Infection, GISHEAL The Genetic and Immunological Studies of European and African HIV-1 Long Term Non-Progressors, HGDS Hemophilia Growth and Development, MACS Multicenter AIDS Cohort Study, MHCS Multicenter Hemophilia Cohort Study, NHS The US Military HIV Natural History Study, SFCCC San Francisco City Clinic Cohort, SHCS Swiss HIV Cohort Study, START Strategic Timing of AntiRetroviral Treatment, UHS Urban Health Study, WTCCC3 The Wellcome Trust Case Control Consortium study of the genetics of host control of HIV-1 infection in the Gambia