TY - BOOK AU - Hanan Shawky Amin AU - Laila Nessim Kamel , AU - Lamiaa Ali Mansour , AU - Marwa Abdelbadie Sheta , TI - Role of MCP-1 and its receptor CCR2 gene polymorphisms in the susceptibility to hepatocellular carcinoma / PY - 2012/// CY - Cairo : PB - Hanan Shawky Amin , KW - CCR2 KW - HCV and hepatocellular carcinoma KW - MCP-1 N1 - Thesis (M.Sc.) - Cairo University - Faculty of Medicine - Department of Clinical and Chemical Pathology; Issued also as CD N2 - MCP-1 is a member of the CC class of the beta chemokine family and one the key factors involved in the initiation of inflammation secreted by fibroblasts, endothelial cells, vascular smooth muscle cells, monocytes, T cells, and other cell types that mediate the influx of cells to sites of inflammation. It exerts its effect through binding to G-protein coupled receptors (CCR2) which is expressed on monocytes\ macrophages and on a subpopulation of T lymphocytes UR - http://172.23.153.220/th.pdf ER -