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The human IL-7 receptor gene: deletions, polymorphisms and mutations.
Seminars in immunology - 1 Jun 2012
Mazzucchelli Renata I, Riva Agostino, Durum Scott K
Abstract excerpt
Most T cell subsets depend on IL-7 for survival. IL-7 binds to IL-7Rα and γc, initiating the signaling cascade. Deletion of IL-7Ra in humans has, for some time, been known to cause severe combined immunodeficiency. More recently, polymorphisms in IL-7R have been shown be a risk factor for a number of diseases that are autoimmune or involve excess immune and inflammatory responses including multiple sclerosis,...
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