Receptor for a number of inflammatory CC-chemokines including CCL3/MIP-1-alpha, CCL4/MIP-1-beta and RANTES and subsequently transduces a signal by increasing the intracellular calcium ion level. May play a role in the control of granulocytic lineage proliferation or differentiation. Participates in T-lymphocyte migration to the infection site by acting as a chemotactic receptor.
Gene References into Functions
CCR5 inhibition may provide a cardioprotective benefit in SIV infection by preventing cardiomyocyte CCR5 signaling.PMID:24695652
A vaccine against CCR5 protects a subset of macaques upon intravaginal challenge with simian immunodeficiency virus SIVmac251.PMID:24307581
CCR5 downregulation on CD4(+) T cells by TCR activation has no measurable effect on susceptibility to SAIDS.PMID:21035160
CD4 and CD8 T cells are more vulnerable to SIV infection, indicating the the ability to express CCR5 may activate and hassten T cell death by SIV infection in vitro.PMID:20224239
Results estimate the infectivity of CCR5-tropic simian immunodeficiency virus SIV(mac251) in the gut.PMID:17507462
observed a significantly higher loss of CCR5(+) CD45RA(-) CD4(+) T cells in CD8(+) lymphocyte-depleted macaques than in controlsPMID:18367534