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The incidence of acute graft-versus-host disease increases with Candida colonization depending the dectin-1 gene status.
Clinical immunology (Orlando, Fla.) - 1 Aug 2010
van der Velden Walter J F M, Plantinga Theo S, Feuth Ton, Donnelly J Peter, Netea Mihai G, Blijlevens Nicole M A
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Dectin-1 plays an important role in antifungal immunity. The dectin-1 Y238X polymorphism, which results in decreased Th17 responses, is associated with increased Candida colonization of stem cell transplantation (SCT) recipients. In this study we found no impact of the polymorphism on the inciden...
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