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Association of CCR5Delta32 with reduced risk of childhood but not adult asthma.
Thorax - 1 Mar 2003
Srivastava P, Helms P J, Stewart D, Main M, Russell G
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: A number of potential candidate genes have been implicated in the pathogenesis of asthma. A 32 base pair deletion in the CCR5 gene renders this chemokine receptor non-functioning and has been shown to be associated with a reduced prevalence of asthma in childhood. The mechanism may be related to impairment of pathogen entry into cells and modified host inflammatory response. We sought to determine the...
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