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Reduced in vitro functional activity of human NRAMP1 (SLC11A1) allele that predisposes to increased risk of pediatric tuberculosis disease.
Genes and immunity - 1 Dec 2007
Gallant C J, Malik S, Jabado N, Cellier M, Simkin L, Finlay B B, Graviss E A, Gros P, Musser J M, Schurr E
Abstract excerpt
Polymorphic variants within the human natural resistance-associated macrophage protein-1 (NRAMP1, also known as SLC11A1) gene have been shown to impact on susceptibility to tuberculosis in different human populations. In the mouse, Nramp1 is expressed at the macrophage phagosomal membrane and its activity can be assayed by the relative acquisition of mannose 6-phosphate receptor (M6PR) in Salmonella-containing...
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