| Literature DB >> 19018697 |
Gabriel Gonzalez1, Elizabeth J Shpall, Joseph C Gathe, Richard R Behringer.
Abstract
Cord blood stem cell transplantation is routinely used to treat hematopoietic diseases. Individuals who are homozygous for the 32 polymorphism of the CCR5 locus, encoding a co-receptor for HIV-1, are normal and are resistant to HIV infection. Here we suggest that public cord blood repositories are likely to contain CCR5 homozygous units that could be used as a therapy for HIV-infected individuals.Entities:
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Year: 2009 PMID: 19018697 PMCID: PMC3141738 DOI: 10.1089/scd.2008.0304
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Stem Cells Dev ISSN: 1547-3287 Impact factor: 3.272