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C-C chemokine receptor 2 gene polymorphism in Japanese patients with multiple sclerosis.
Journal of neuroimmunology - 1 Dec 2003
Miyagishi Ryuji, Niino Masaaki, Fukazawa Toshiyuki, Yabe Ichiro, Kikuchi Seiji, Tashiro Kunio
Abstract excerpt
C-C chemokine receptor 2 (CCR2) is a receptor for chemoattractant protein-1 (MCP-1) and associated with infiltrating lymphocytes in chronic active multiple sclerosis (MS) lesions. To study the role of CCR2 gene in the development of MS, we investigated the CCR2-64I polymorphism in 122 MS patients and 112 healthy controls in a Japanese population. We also analysed the influence of CCR2-64I polymorphism on the...
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