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RANTES/CCL5 polymorphisms as a risk factor for recurrent acute rejection.
Clinical transplantation - 1 Jan 2000
Krüger Bernd, Böger Carsten A, Obed Aiman, Farkas Stefan, Hoffmann Ute, Banas Bernhard, Fischereder Michael, Krämer Bernhard K
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BACKGROUND: The chemokine system plays an important role in the pathogenesis of acute rejection or atherosclerosis. Three polymorphisms in the promoter region of the chemokine RANTES (-403G/A, -28G/C, In1.1T/C) are associated with a different expression of this chemokine as well as the occurrence...
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