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Epiregulin (EREG) and human V-ATPase (TCIRG1): genetic variation, ethnicity and pulmonary tuberculosis susceptibility in Guinea-Bissau and The Gambia.
Genes and immunity - 1 Sept 2014
White M J, Tacconelli A, Chen J S, Wejse C, Hill P C, Gomes V F, Velez-Edwards D R, Østergaard L J, Hu T, Moore J H, Novelli G, Scott W K, Williams S M, Sirugo G
Abstract excerpt
We analyzed two West African samples (Guinea-Bissau: n=289 cases and 322 controls; The Gambia: n=240 cases and 248 controls) to evaluate single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in Epiregulin (EREG) and V-ATPase (T-cell immune regulator 1 (TCIRG1)) using single and multilocus analyses to determine whether previously described associations with pulmonary tuberculosis (PTB) in Vietnamese and Italians would replicate...
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