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Genotypes of CCR2 and CCR5 chemokine receptors in human myasthenia gravis.
International journal of molecular medicine - 1 Nov 2003
Zhao Xiaoyan, Gharizadeh Baback, Hjelmström Peter, Pirskanen Ritva, Nyrén Pål, Lefvert Ann-Kari, Ghaderi Mehran
Abstract excerpt
The aim of this study was to examine the association of human autoimmune myasthenia gravis (MG) with two DNA polymorphisms of the chemokine receptors CCR5-Delta 32 and CCR2-64I. CCR2 and CCR5 interact primarily with the human CC family ligands CCL2 (formerly called monocyte chemoattractant protei...
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