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An Ile-568 to Asn polymorphism prevents normal trafficking and function of the human P2X7 receptor.
The Journal of biological chemistry - 9 May 2003
Wiley James S, Dao-Ung Lan-Phuong, Li Changping, Shemon Anne N, Gu Ben J, Smart Megan L, Fuller Stephen J, Barden Julian A, Petrou Steven, Sluyter Ronald
Abstract excerpt
The P2X(7) receptor is a ligand-gated channel that is highly expressed on mononuclear cells and that mediates ATP-induced apoptosis of these cells. Wide variations in the function of the P2X(7) receptor have been observed, in part because of a loss-of-function polymorphism that changes Glu-496 to Ala without affecting the surface expression of the receptor on lymphocytes. In this study a second polymorphism...
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