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CCL5 and CCR5 genotypes modify clinical, radiological and pathological features of multiple sclerosis.
Journal of neuroimmunology - 1 Oct 2007
van Veen Tineke, Nielsen Jessica, Berkhof Johannes, Barkhof Frederik, Kamphorst Wouter, Bö Lars, Ravid Rivka, Verweij Cor L, Huitinga Inge, Polman Chris H, Uitdehaag Bernard M J
Abstract excerpt
Chemokines mediate selective recruitment of leukocyte subsets into the CNS during inflammatory episodes. We hypothesised that functional polymorphisms in CCR5 and CCL5 influence perivascular leukocyte infiltration, inflammation, axonal loss, and remyelination, and disease course. Therefore, we determined genotypes at four possibly functional polymorphisms in CCR5 and CCL5 for 637 patients and 92 brain donors with...
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