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Lack of evidence from studies of soluble protein fragments that Knops blood group polymorphisms in complement receptor-type 1 are driven by malaria.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2012
Tetteh-Quarcoo Patience B, Schmidt Christoph Q, Tham Wai-Hong, Hauhart Richard, Mertens Haydyn D T, Rowe Arthur, Atkinson John P, Cowman Alan F, Rowe J Alexandra, Barlow Paul N
Abstract excerpt
Complement receptor-type 1 (CR1, CD35) is the immune-adherence receptor, a complement regulator, and an erythroid receptor for Plasmodium falciparum during merozoite invasion and subsequent rosette formation involving parasitized and non-infected erythrocytes. The non-uniform geographical distribution of Knops blood group CR1 alleles Sl1/2 and McC(a/b) may result from selective pressures exerted by differential...
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