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Association between polymorphisms in the human chemokine receptor genes CCR2 and CX3CR1 and rheumatoid arthritis.
Tissue antigens - 1 Aug 2003
Bayley J-P, Baggen J M, van der Pouw-Kraan T, Crusius J B A, Huizinga T W J, Verweij C L
Abstract excerpt
Cell trafficking into the rheumatoid synovium is thought to play an important role in the inflammation seen in rheumatoid arthritis. Chemokine receptors play a central role in this process, and several common variants are known, including the CCR2 variant, CCR2-64I, and two variants of the CX3CR1 gene, V249I and T280M. All three variants result in functional amino acid substitutions. We studied the association of...
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