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Polymorphisms of NOD2 and the risk of tuberculosis: a validation study in the Chinese population.
International journal of immunogenetics - 1 Jun 2012
Pan H, Dai Y, Tang S, Wang J
Abstract excerpt
A genome-wide association study (GWAS) of leprosy reported four specific genetic polymorphisms of NOD2 that were associated with susceptibility to Mycobacterium leprae in China. Considering the role of NOD2 in innate immune defence, we performed a study in a Chinese population to determine whether the same SNPs of NOD2 that were associated with disease caused by M. leprae were also associated with disease caused...
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