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A genetic association study of CCL5 -28 C>G (rs2280788) polymorphism with risk of tuberculosis: a meta-analysis.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2013
Alqumber Mohammed A A, Mandal Raju K, Haque Shafiul, Panda Aditya K, Akhter Naseem, Ali Arif
Abstract excerpt
AIM: The CC chemokine ligand 5 (CCL5), plays a key role in the inflammatory response by recruiting mononuclear cells during tuberculosis (TB) infection. Association studies of CCL5 -28 C>G (rs2280788) polymorphism and TB risk have shown inconsistent and contradictory results among different ethnic populations. The aim of this meta-analysis is to investigate the association between CCL5 -28 C>G polymorphism and TB...
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