Variants of the chemokine receptor CCR5 are associated with severe bronchiolitis caused by respiratory syncytial virus.

Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) bronchiolitis is characterized by intense inflammation of the airways, and high levels of proinflammatory cytokines and chemokines can be found in respiratory secretions of affected infants. Important among these chemokines are RANTES (regulated on activation, norma...

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Main Authors: Hull, J, Rowlands, K, Lockhart, E, Moore, C, Sharland, M, Kwiatkowski, D
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: 2003
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author Hull, J
Rowlands, K
Lockhart, E
Moore, C
Sharland, M
Kwiatkowski, D
author_facet Hull, J
Rowlands, K
Lockhart, E
Moore, C
Sharland, M
Kwiatkowski, D
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description Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) bronchiolitis is characterized by intense inflammation of the airways, and high levels of proinflammatory cytokines and chemokines can be found in respiratory secretions of affected infants. Important among these chemokines are RANTES (regulated on activation, normal T cell-expressed and -secreted) and macrophage inflammatory-protein alpha, MIP-1alpha, both of which show correlation with severe RSV bronchiolitis. It is not clear whether high levels of these chemokines are important in disease pathogenesis, and this study addresses this question by studying genetic variants of their major receptor, CC chemokine receptor 5. Results from both a case-control and family-based genetic-association analysis show that the -2459G and -2554T variants are associated with severe RSV bronchiolitis (P=.01). It is proposed that these CCR5 variants influence the inflammatory response, and these data provide further evidence of the important role that host genetic variability plays in the determination of disease severity in RSV bronchiolitis.
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spelling oxford-uuid:1bd4744e-8014-473c-9cc8-46cccd89d1992022-03-26T11:02:33ZVariants of the chemokine receptor CCR5 are associated with severe bronchiolitis caused by respiratory syncytial virus.Journal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_dcae04bcuuid:1bd4744e-8014-473c-9cc8-46cccd89d199EnglishSymplectic Elements at Oxford2003Hull, JRowlands, KLockhart, EMoore, CSharland, MKwiatkowski, DRespiratory syncytial virus (RSV) bronchiolitis is characterized by intense inflammation of the airways, and high levels of proinflammatory cytokines and chemokines can be found in respiratory secretions of affected infants. Important among these chemokines are RANTES (regulated on activation, normal T cell-expressed and -secreted) and macrophage inflammatory-protein alpha, MIP-1alpha, both of which show correlation with severe RSV bronchiolitis. It is not clear whether high levels of these chemokines are important in disease pathogenesis, and this study addresses this question by studying genetic variants of their major receptor, CC chemokine receptor 5. Results from both a case-control and family-based genetic-association analysis show that the -2459G and -2554T variants are associated with severe RSV bronchiolitis (P=.01). It is proposed that these CCR5 variants influence the inflammatory response, and these data provide further evidence of the important role that host genetic variability plays in the determination of disease severity in RSV bronchiolitis.
spellingShingle Hull, J
Rowlands, K
Lockhart, E
Moore, C
Sharland, M
Kwiatkowski, D
Variants of the chemokine receptor CCR5 are associated with severe bronchiolitis caused by respiratory syncytial virus.
title Variants of the chemokine receptor CCR5 are associated with severe bronchiolitis caused by respiratory syncytial virus.
title_full Variants of the chemokine receptor CCR5 are associated with severe bronchiolitis caused by respiratory syncytial virus.
title_fullStr Variants of the chemokine receptor CCR5 are associated with severe bronchiolitis caused by respiratory syncytial virus.
title_full_unstemmed Variants of the chemokine receptor CCR5 are associated with severe bronchiolitis caused by respiratory syncytial virus.
title_short Variants of the chemokine receptor CCR5 are associated with severe bronchiolitis caused by respiratory syncytial virus.
title_sort variants of the chemokine receptor ccr5 are associated with severe bronchiolitis caused by respiratory syncytial virus
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