Genetic and functional evaluation of the role of CXCR1 and CXCR2 in susceptibility to visceral leishmaniasis in north-east India

• Autores principales: Mehrotra Sanjana (Autor), Fakiola Michaela (Autor), Oommen Joyce (Autor), Jamieson Sarra E (Autor), Mishra Anshuman (Autor), Sudarshan Medhavi (Autor), Tiwary Puja (Autor), Rani Deepa (Autor), Thangaraj Kumarasamy (Autor), Rai Madhukar (Autor), Sundar Shyam (Autor), Blackwell Jenefer M (Autor)
• Formato: Libro
• Publicado: BMC, 2011-12-01T00:00:00Z.
• Materias: article
• Acceso en línea: Connect to this object online.

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>IL8RA and IL8RB, encoded by <it>CXCR1 </it>and <it>CXCR2</it>, are receptors for interleukin (IL)-8 and other CXC chemokines involved in chemotaxis and activation of polymorphonuclear neutrophils (PMN). Varian...