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Lack of association between BSG polymorphisms and cerebral malaria.
Japanese journal of infectious diseases - 1 Jan 2014
Naka Izumi, Patarapotikul Jintana, Hananantachai Hathairad, Ohashi Jun
Abstract excerpt
The Ok(a) blood group antigen basigin (BSG or CD147) is an erythrocyte receptor for the PfRh5 protein from Plasmodium falciparum. A recent study has shown that the PfRh5-BSG interaction is essential for erythrocyte invasion by P. falciparum. In this study, 6 SNPs in the BSG gene were investigated in 312 adult patients with P. falciparum malaria (109 cerebral malaria and 203 mild malaria patients) living in...
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