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Clinical significance of CCR4 expression in adult T-cell leukemia/lymphoma: its close association with skin involvement and unfavorable outcome.
Clinical cancer research : an official journal of the American Association for Cancer Research - 1 Sept 2003
Ishida Takashi, Utsunomiya Atae, Iida Shinsuke, Inagaki Hiroshi, Takatsuka Yoshifusa, Kusumoto Shigeru, Takeuchi Genji, Shimizu Shigeki, Ito Masato, Komatsu Hirokazu, Wakita Atsushi, Eimoto Tadaaki, Matsushima Kouji, Ueda Ryuzo
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Adult T-cell leukemia/lymphoma (ATLL) is a distinct clinical entity among mature T-cell neoplasms, and its causative agent has been confirmed to be long-term infection by human T-lymphotropic virus type 1. A recent study demonstrated frequent expression of a chemokine receptor, CC chemokine receptor (CCR)4, which is known as a Th2 marker but not CXC chemokine receptor (CXCR)3, which is known as a Th1 marker,...
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