A causal role was recently attributed to inflammation in many malignant diseases, including
breast cancer. The different inflammatory mediators that are involved in this disease include …

The aim of this report is to review and evaluate, in a comprehensive manner, the published
data regarding the contribution of genetic polymorphisms to risk of head and neck cancer …

Background: Chemokines and chemokine receptors are major mediators of leukocyte
trafficking into the sites of the immune response. They participate in defence against …

The history of the CCR5 gene as a lens through which to view such issues as intellectual
property, Big Pharma, personalized medicine, and race and genomics. In The Genealogy of …

Inflammation of gallbladder is an established risk factor for gallbladder cancer (GBC)
pathogenesis. Chemokine receptors play crucial role in antitumour immunity and are …

Chemokine receptors such as CC chemokine receptor 5 (CCR5) are activated through
interaction with their ligands and are well known for their role in chemotaxis and signal …

Benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) and prostate cancer (PCa) are two chronic conditions,
very common in aged men, that have been associated to inflammatory process. Chemokines …

The aim of our study was to determine the effect of monocyte chemotactic protein-1 (MCP-1),
CC chemokine receptor 2 (CCR2), and CC chemokine receptor 5 (CCR5) gene …

Abstract Associations between CCL5-403, CCR5-59029, and Delta32 polymorphisms and
cancer risk are inconclusive. To derive a more precise estimation of the association, we …

Many tumor cells express chemokines and chemokine receptors, and these molecules can
affect both tumor progression and anti-tumor immune response. Genetic polymorphisms of …