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Mutations in the chemokine receptor gene CXCR4 are associated with WHIM syndrome, a combined immunodeficiency disease.
Nature genetics - 1 May 2003
Hernandez Paolo A, Gorlin Robert J, Lukens John N, Taniuchi Shoichiro, Bohinjec Joze, Francois Fleur, Klotman Mary E, Diaz George A
Abstract excerpt
WHIM syndrome is an immunodeficiency disease characterized by neutropenia, hypogammaglobulinemia and extensive human papillomavirus (HPV) infection. Despite the peripheral neutropenia, bone marrow aspirates from affected individuals contain abundant mature myeloid cells, a condition termed myelokathexis. The susceptibility to HPV is disproportionate compared with other immunodeficiency conditions, suggesting that...
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