CCR5
MIM.601373 3p21
Chemokine receptor.
Pathology
resistance to HIV-1 infection
susceptibility to Kawasaki disease (15962231)
References
Burns JC, Shimizu C, Gonzalez E, Kulkarni H, Patel S, Shike H, Sundel RS, Newburger JW, Ahuja SK. Genetic variations in the receptor-ligand pair CCR5 and CCL3L1 are important determinants of susceptibility to Kawasaki disease. J Infect Dis. 2005 Jul 15;192(2):344-9. PMID: 15962231
Hedrick PW, Verrelli BC. "Ground truth" for selection on CCR5-Delta32. Trends Genet. 2006 Jun;22(6):293-6. PMID: 16678299
Carrington M, Dean M, Martin MP, O?Brien SJ. Genetics of HIV-1 infection : chemokine receptor CCR5 polymorphism and its consequences. Hum Mol Genet. 1999 ;8(10):1939-45. PMID : 10469847