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Concept information

Preferred term

CCR5 receptor

Type

  • Chemical

Definition

  • Information CCR receptors with specificity for chemokine CCL3; chemokine CCL4; and chemokine CCL5. They are expressed at high levels in T-lymphocytes; B-lymphocytes; macrophages; mast cells; and NK cells. The CCR5 receptor is used by the Human immunodeficiency virus to infect cells.

Broader concept

Synonyms

  • CC chemokine receptor 5
  • C-C chemokine receptor type 5
  • CC-CKR5 receptor
  • CD195 antigen
  • chemokine (C-C motif) receptor 5
  • CKR5 receptor

In other languages

URI

https://lod.nal.usda.gov/nalt/243453

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