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Duffy blood group and malaria
1 Oct 2006
Abstract excerpt
Very important progress has been made over the last years in understanding the Duffy blood group system and its complexity. The Duffy blood group antigen serves not only as blood group antigen, but also as a receptor for a family of proinflammatory cytokines termed chemokines, and as a receptor for Plasmodium vivax malaria parasites. The Duffy antigen has been termed the "Duffy Antigen Receptor for Chemokines"...
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