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Mannose-binding lectin and ficolin-2 do not influence humoral immune response to hepatitis B vaccine.
Vaccine - 20 Aug 2014
Osthoff Michael, Irungu Elizabeth, Ngure Kenneth, Mugo Nelly, Thomas Katherine K, Baeten Jared M, Eisen Damon P
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Host genetics appear to be an important factor in the failure to generate a protective immune response after hepatitis B (HBV) vaccination. Mannose-binding lectin (MBL) and ficolin-2 (FCN2), two pattern recognition receptors of the lectin pathway of complement, influence the clinical outcome of HBV, and MBL deficiency has been shown to augment the humoral response to HBV vaccination in several...
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