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Acquired but reversible loss of erythrocyte complement receptor 1 (CR1, CD35) and its longitudinal alteration in patients with severe acute respiratory syndrome.
Clinical and experimental immunology - 1 Jan 2005
Wang F S, Chu F L, Jin L, Li Y G, Zhang Z, Xu D, Shi M, Wu H, Moulds J-M
Abstract excerpt
This longitudinal study investigates the change of erythrocyte complement receptor (E-CR1) expression in patients with severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS). Circulating E-CR1 expression was semiquantified by flow cytometric analyses in 54 SARS patients and in 212 healthy individuals as a control. Since E-CR1 expression is influenced by the genetic polymorphisms in the CR1 gene, a major genetic polymorphism...
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