Article
Genetic variations within the CCR5 promoter region among elite and viremic controllers in Uganda
2020-05-11
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<title>Abstract</title> <p>Background: The importance of the C-C chemokine receptor type 5 (CCR5) in HIV infection and disease progression was recognized with the discovery of the ∆32 allele. Individuals homozygous for this mutation lack functional CCR5, and are almost completely resistant to HIV infection while heterozygous individuals display decreased cell surface CCR5, which slows disease progression. However...
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- Literature Corpus work
- b629baf5-7676-50f1-86b9-6b432a930a35
- DOI
- 10.21203/rs.3.rs-27011/v1
