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Association of CCR5-delta32 mutation with reduced risk of nonatopic asthma in Slovenian children.
The Journal of asthma : official journal of the Association for the Care of Asthma - 1 Nov 2008
Berce Vojko, Repnik Katja, Potocnik Uros
Abstract excerpt
Asthma is one of the most common chronic diseases of childhood. Asthma results from the interaction of several genes and environmental influences. Viral infections are common triggers of asthma attacks, especially in nonatopic asthmatics. CCR5 is a chemokine receptor involved in the immune response against a number of viruses. A 32 base pair deletion (delta32) in the CCR5 receptor gene causes loss of gene...
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