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CCR5-Delta32 mutation is strongly associated with primary sclerosing cholangitis.
Genes and immunity - 1 Sept 2004
Eri R, Jonsson J R, Pandeya N, Purdie D M, Clouston A D, Martin N, Duffy D, Powell E E, Fawcett J, Florin T H J, Radford-Smith G L
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CCR5 plays a key role in the distribution of CD45RO+ T cells and contributes to generation of a T helper 1 immune response. CCR5-Delta32 is a 32-bp deletion associated with significant reduction in cell surface expression of the receptor. We investigated the role of CCR5-Delta32 on susceptibility...
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