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Variants of the mannose-binding lectin gene in the Benin population: heterozygosity for the p.G57E allele may confer a selective advantage.

Human biology - 1 Dec 2007

Dossou-Yovo Omer Placide, Lapoumeroulie Claudine, Hauchecorne Michelle, Zaccaria Isabelle, Ducrocq Rolande, Krishnamoorthy Rajagopal, Rahimy Mohamed Chérif, Elion Jacques

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Human mannose-binding lectin (MBL) plays an important role in innate immunity. MBL deficiency is associated with mutations in the promoter region and in exon 1 of the MBL2 gene. Such deficiency has been correlated with elevated incidence of infections in infancy and in immunocompromised adults. We determined the distribution profile of the MBL2 gene variants in the general population of Benin (West Africa) and in...

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PMID: 18494378
DOI: 10.1353/hub.2008.0012

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