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Variation in the ICAM1 gene is not associated with severe malaria phenotypes.
Genes and immunity - 1 Jul 2008
Fry A E, Auburn S, Diakite M, Green A, Richardson A, Wilson J, Jallow M, Sisay-Joof F, Pinder M, Griffiths M J, Peshu N, Williams T N, Marsh K, Molyneux M E, Taylor T E, Rockett K A, Kwiatkowski D P
Abstract excerpt
Evidence from autopsy and in vitro binding studies suggests that adhesion of erythrocytes infected with Plasmodium falciparum to the human host intercellular adhesion molecule (ICAM)-1 receptor is important in the pathogenesis of severe malaria. Previous association studies between polymorphisms...
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