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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. 2007.
Human biology - 1 Dec 2009
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....
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