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The CCR5Delta32 allele is associated with reduced liver inflammation in hepatitis C virus infection.
European journal of immunogenetics : official journal of the British Society for Histocompatibility and Immunogenetics - 1 Dec 2004
Wald O, Pappo O, Ari Z B, Azzaria E, Wiess I D, Gafnovitch I, Wald H, Spengler U, Galun E, Peled A
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CCR5Delta32 is a deletion mutation in the chemokine receptor CCR5. Liver inflammatory activity was found to be significantly reduced (P = 0.005) in Jewish Israeli patients infected with the hepatitis C virus (HCV) carrying the CCR5Delta32 allele. The CCR5Delta32 allele does not alter susceptibili...
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