Article
β-defensin CNV is not associated with susceptibility to Candida albicans infections in Sardinian APS I patients.
Journal of oral pathology & medicine : official publication of the International Association of Oral Pathologists and the American Academy of Oral Pathology - 1 May 2017
Incani Federica, Cossu Carla, Meloni Alessandra, Faà Valeria, Serra Maria Luisa, Dettori Federico, Meloni Antonella, Rosatelli Maria Cristina
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to investigate whether a variation in the genomic copy number (CNV) of the β-defensin cluster could be associated with the pre-disposition to chronic mucocutaneous candidiasis (CMC) in Sardinian APECED patients. SUBJECTS AND METHODS: The β-defensin copy number variation was determined by MLPA analysis in 18 Sardinian APECED patients with CMC and in 21 Sardinian controls....
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