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Donor CCR5 Delta32 polymorphism and outcome following cardiac transplantation.
Transplantation proceedings - 1 Jun 2005
Fildes J E, Walker A H, Howlett R, Bittar M N, Hutchinson I V, Leonard C T, Yonan N
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BACKGROUND: Chemokines regulate the recruitment and trafficking of leukocytes during an immune response. Animal models have shown correlations between chemokine production and leukocyte infiltration during allograft rejection. Also, antagonism of chemokine receptors in transplant models has produced prolonged graft survival. Individuals homozygous for a 32 base pair deletion in the CC chemokine receptor 5 (CCR5)...
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