Article
CCL2−2518 (A/G) polymorphisms and tuberculosis susceptibility: a meta-analysis.
The international journal of tuberculosis and lung disease : the official journal of the International Union against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease - 1 Feb 2012
Feng W-X, Flores-Villanueva P O, Mokrousov I, Wu X-R, Xiao J, Jiao W-W, Sun L, Miao Q, Shen C, Shen D, Liu F, Jia Z-W, Shen A
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: It has been found that the -2518 C-C motif ligand (CCL)-2 promoter variant increases the risk of developing active tuberculosis (TB). OBJECTIVE: To study the association between -2518 variants and susceptibility to TB. DESIGN: We searched Medline, PubMed and the Wan Fang databases for human genetic studies on whether the -2518 CCL2 polymorphism influences the expression of active TB. Articles...
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