Article
Human Polymorphisms in Placentally Expressed Genes and Their Association With Susceptibility to Congenital Trypanosoma cruzi Infection.
The Journal of infectious diseases - 15 Apr 2016
Juiz Natalia A, Cayo Nelly M, Burgos Marianela, Salvo Miriam E, Nasser Julio R, Búa Jacqueline, Longhi Silvia A, Schijman Alejandro G
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: It is currently unclear why only a proportion of children born to Trypanosoma cruzi-infected mothers acquire the infection. We have examined the association of 11 single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) located in genes coding for placental expression enzymes as genetic markers of susceptibility to congenital T. cruzi infection (hereafter, "congenital infection"): rs2014683 and rs1048988 in ALPP;...
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