Three free access papers from the online first section of the Journal of Infectious Diseases. The articles highlight the role of CCR5 – better known as a co-receptor for HIV entry into cells – in T cell trafficking to sites of infection and suggest that studies are needed to evaluate the effects of pharmacological inhibition of CCR5 in these settings.<\/p>\n
A moving target: the multiple roles of CCR5 in infectious diseases<\/strong><\/p>\n Robyn S. Klein<\/p>\n http:\/\/www.journals.uchicago.edu\/doi\/full\/10.1086\/524692<\/a><\/p>\n Genetic deficiency of chemokine receptor CCR5 Is a strong risk factor for symptomatic West Nile virus infection: a meta-analysis of four cohorts in the US epidemic<\/strong><\/p>\n Jean K. Lim et al.<\/p>\n http:\/\/www.journals.uchicago.edu\/doi\/full\/10.1086\/524691<\/a><\/p>\n A deletion in the CCR5 gene is associated with tickborne encephalitis<\/strong><\/p>\n Elin Kindberg et al.<\/p>\n http:\/\/www.journals.uchicago.edu\/doi\/full\/10.1086\/524709<\/a><\/p>\n