The role of the CCR5 Δ32 polymorphism in abdominal aortic aneurysms

International Journal of Immunogenetics

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 199-205

  Sandford, B ^a   Bown, M ^a   London, N ^a   Sayers, R ^a  

^a LEICESTER ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMOKINE RECEPTOR CCR5;

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BASE PAIRING; BLOOD SAMPLING; CCR5 GENE; CHRONIC INFLAMMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA EXTRACTION; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENOTYPE; HETEROZYGOTE; HOMOZYGOTE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTOR GENE; WILD TYPE; ALLELE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COMORBIDITY; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; INFLAMMATION; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; MONONUCLEAR CELL; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; SMOKING;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALLELES; AORTIC ANEURYSM, ABDOMINAL; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HETEROZYGOTE; HOMOZYGOTE; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; LEUKOCYTES, MONONUCLEAR; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; RECEPTORS, CCR5; SMOKING;

EID: 67650763278     PISSN: 17443121     EISSN: 1744313X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-313X.2009.00845.x     Document Type: Article

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