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1513A/C polymorphism in the P2X7 receptor gene in chronic lymphocytic leukemia: absence of correlation with clinical outcome.
European journal of haematology - 1 Apr 2004
Nückel Holger, Frey Ulrich H, Dürig Jan, Dührsen Ulrich, Siffert Winfried
Abstract excerpt
Purinergic P2X7 receptors are ligand-gated cation channels expressed on the cells of the immune and hemopoietic system which have been shown to mediate the ATP-induced apoptotic death of monocytes, macrophages and lymphocytes. A common single nucleotide polymorphism within the P2X7 gene has been...
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