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Differential expression of the duffy antigen receptor for chemokines according to RBC age and FY genotype.
Transfusion - 1 Aug 2000
Woolley I J, Hotmire K A, Sramkoski R M, Zimmerman P A, Kazura J W
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: The Duffy (Fy) blood group (also known as Duffy antigen receptor for chemokines, or DARC) may be involved in regulation of the level of circulating proinflammatory chemokines, and it is an obligatory receptor on RBCs for the human malaria parasite Plasmodium vivax. STUDY DESIGN AND METHODS: Because quantification of Fy expression by using RBCs of various ages will not detect acute changes associated...
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