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A functional interaction between the CCR5 and CD34 molecules expressed in hematopoietic cells can support (or even promote) the development of cancer

Abstract Inflammation and angiogenesis are linked to the development of cancer since both can support the establishment of a tumor-prone microenvironment. The CCR5 is a major regulatory molecule involved in inflammation. The CD34 molecule is commonly described as a hematopoietic stem cell marker, and CD3...

Reflexiones sobre la ingeniería genética: a propósito del nacimiento de gemelas sometidas a edición génica

Gac. méd. Méx; 156 (1), 2020
Resumen En este ensayo se analizan las implicaciones bioéticas de la reciente manipulación genética en embriones humanos con CRISPR-Cas9 para eliminar el gen CCR5 y el nacimiento de dos gemelas discordantes. El experimento se divulgó en medios sociales. Los principales problemas bioéticos identifica...

Inibição da replicação do influenza através da modulação de fatores restritivos pelos ligantes dos receptores CCR5 e CXCR4

Dados da Organização Mundial da Saúde (OMS) mostram que a gripe é uma doença que afeta com gravidade de 3 a 5 milhões de pessoas em todo o mundo promovendo, anualmente, de 290 a 650 mil mortes. A gravidade da doença pode ser ainda maior quando surgem cepas pandêmicas, para as quais a população ...

Association between MBL2 haplotypes and dengue severity in children from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Mem. Inst. Oswaldo Cruz; 114 (), 2019
BACKGROUND Dengue is an arthropod-borne viral disease with a majority of asymptomatic individuals and clinical manifestations varying from mild fever to severe and potentially lethal forms. An increasing number of genetic studies have outlined the association between host genetic variations and dengue s...

Haplotypes in CCR5-CCR2 , CCL3 and CCL5 are associated with natural resistance to HIV-1 infection in a Colombian cohort

Biomédica (Bogotá); 37 (2), 2017
RESUMEN Introduction: Variants in genes encoding for HIV-1 co-receptors and their natural ligands have been individually associated to natural resistance to HIV-1 infection. However, the simultaneous presence of these variants has been poorly studied. Objective: To evaluate the association of single a...