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The L-selectin Phe206Leu gene polymorphism is not associated with visceral leishmaniasis.
Journal of research in health sciences - 1 Jan 2014
Sardarian Khosro, Abasi Mohammad, Solgi Ghasem, Hajilooi Mehrdad
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BACKGROUND: Previous studies revealed that selectins play key roles in homing of immune cells to inflamed tissues and lymphatic organs. L-selectins are expressed on immune cells and interact with P and E selectins to homing to the tissues, hence, the polymorphisms within the gene of L-selectins may are associated with alteration in its expression. Thus, the current cross-sectional analytical study has been...
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