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Rs1914663 of SFTPA 1 gene is associated with pediatric tuberculosis in Han Chinese population.
Infection, genetics and evolution : journal of molecular epidemiology and evolutionary genetics in infectious diseases - 1 Jul 2016
Li Jieqiong, Qi Hui, Sun Lin, Shen Chen, Jiao Weiwei, Xu Fang, Xiao Jing, Shen Adong
Abstract excerpt
UNLABELLED: Surfactant protein A (SP-A), a part of the innate immune system of the lung, performs a vital role in the host defense against Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB) infection. In order to investigate the relationship between SFTPA polymorphism variations and Tuberculosis (TB) in a Chinese pediatric group, we conducted a case-control study using single-nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) analysis. Significant...
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