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Blockade of Lymphocyte Chemotaxis in Visceral Graft-versus-Host Disease
Author(s) -
Ran Reshef,
Selina M. Luger,
Elizabeth O. Hexner,
Alison W. Loren,
Noelle V. Frey,
Sunita D. Nasta,
Steven C. Goldstein,
Edward A. Stadtmauer,
Jacqueline Smith,
S. Bailey,
Rosemarie Mick,
Daniel F. Heitjan,
Stephen G. Emerson,
James A. Hoxie,
Robert H. Vonderheide,
David Porter
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
new england journal of medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 19.889
H-Index - 1030
eISSN - 1533-4406
pISSN - 0028-4793
DOI - 10.1056/nejmoa1201248
Subject(s) - maraviroc , ccr5 receptor antagonist , medicine , immunology , hematopoietic stem cell transplantation , graft versus host disease , cumulative incidence , transplantation , lymphocyte , chemokine , chemokine receptor ccr5 , chemokine receptor , immune system , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv)
Graft-versus-host disease (GVHD) is a major barrier to successful allogeneic hematopoietic stem-cell transplantation (HSCT). The chemokine receptor CCR5 appears to play a role in alloreactivity. We tested whether CCR5 blockade would be safe and limit GVHD in humans.

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