Levels of chemokine receptors expressed on peripheral blood T lymphocytes of Egyptian patients with hepatocellular carcinoma.

CC chemokine receptors (CCR) have an important role in the recruitment of leukocytes to the site of inflammation. The migration and metastasis of tumor cells shares many similarities with leukocyte trafficking, which is mainly regulated by chemokine receptor-ligand interactions. CCR1 and CCR5 are highly expressed in hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) cells and tissues with unknown functions.