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CCR2 polymorphism in chronic renal failure patients requiring long-term hemodialysis.
Internal medicine (Tokyo, Japan) - 1 Jan 2011
Sezgin Ilhan, Koksal Binnur, Bagci Gokhan, Kurtulgan Hande Kucuk, Ozdemir Ozturk
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: A number of chemokines and chemokine receptors are produced by intrinsic renal cells as well as by infiltrating cells during renal inflammation. The CCR2 chemokine receptor mediates leukocyte chemoattraction in the initiation and amplification phase of renal inflammation. The polymorphism, CCR2-V64I, changes valine 64 of CCR2 to isoleucine. We aimed to determine the frequency of CCR2-V64I polymorphism...
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