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The expression of the chemokine receptor CCR5 in tick-borne encephalitis.
Journal of neuroinflammation - 22 Feb 2016
Grygorczuk Sambor, Osada Joanna, Parczewski Miłosz, Moniuszko Anna, Świerzbińska Renata, Kondrusik Maciej, Czupryna Piotr, Dunaj Justyna, Dąbrowska Milena, Pancewicz Sławomir
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Chemokine receptor 5 (CCR5) is hypothesized to drive the lymphocyte migration to central nervous system in flavivirus encephalitis, and the non-functional CCR5Δ32 genetic variant was identified as a risk factor of a West Nile virus infection and of tick-borne encephalitis (TBE). We have attempted to investigate how CCR5 expression corresponds to the clinical course and severity of TBE. METHODS: We...
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