Chemokines are small peptides that are potent activators and chemoattractants for leukocyte
subpopulations and some nonhemopoietic cells. Their actions are mediated by a family of 7 …

ACKR1, located on chromosome 1q23. 2, is the gene that encodes a glycoprotein
expressing the Duffy blood group antigens. This gene is transcribed in two mRNA variants …

Plasmodium vivax and P. falciparum are the major causes of human malaria, except in sub-
Saharan Africa where people lack the Duffy blood group antigen, the erythrocyte receptor for …

Plasmodium vivax and Plasmodium knowlesl merozoites invade human erythrocytes that
express Duffy blood group surface determinants. A soluble parasite protein of 135 kd binds …

The interaction between merozoites of the human pathogen, Plasmodium vivax, and the
Duffy blood group glycoprotein on the surface of human erythrocytes is essential for the …

cDNA clones encoding the major subunit of the Duffy blood group were isolated from a
human bone marrow cDNA library using a PCR-amplified DNA fragment encoding an …

Very important progress has been made over the last years in understanding the Duffy blood
group system and its complexity. The Duffy blood group antigen serves not only as blood …

Studies on the morphology, cell biology, and immunology of invasion have characterized
events that are now being studied at the molecular level. The initial events of invasion are …

Adjuvant-induced arthritis (AIA) is one of many animal models of rheumatoid arthritis, a
disease characterized by a T-lymphocyte and macrophage cellular infiltrate. We have …

The coding and untranslated flanking sequences of Duffy gene (FY) in humans and simians
are in a single exon. The difference between the two codominant alleles, FY* A and FY* B, is …