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Haemorrhagic Fever With Renal Syndrome Genetics
New haemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome genetics research reported from Harbin Medical University, Department of Infectious Disease
April 7th, 2009
New research, 'Reduced circulating CD4+CD25+ cell populations in haemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome,' is the subject of a report. According to a study from Harbin, People's Republic of China, "Immunopathological mechanisms are speculated to underlie haemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome (HFRS) caused by Hantaviruses. CD4+CD25+ T regulatory cells (T(regs)), a subset of CD4+ T cells, expressed high levels of CD25 and the forkhead box transcription factor P3 (FoxP3), plays an important role in the down-regulation of various immune responses." "Therefore, we hypothesized that in patients with HFRS the immunopathology could be, at least in part, the result of an...
Source: TB & Outbreaks Week (2009-04-07)
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