Article
Association of promoter region polymorphisms of CD209 gene with clinical outcomes of dengue virus infection in Western India.
Infection, genetics and evolution : journal of molecular epidemiology and evolutionary genetics in infectious diseases - 1 Jul 2013
Alagarasu Kalichamy, Damle Indraneel M, Bachal Rupali V, Mulay Aditya P, Shah Paresh S, Dayaraj Cecilia
Abstract excerpt
Dendritic cell specific intercellular adhesion molecule 3 grabbing non-integrin, coded by the CD209 gene, acts as an entry receptor for dengue virus. Polymorphisms in the promoter region of CD209 gene (rs735239, rs4804803, rs2287886) were investigated in 112 hospitalized cases of dengue (DEN) and...
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