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Genetic and epigenetic changes in host ABCB1 influences malaria susceptibility to Plasmodium falciparum.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2017
Gupta Himanshu, Chaudhari Sima, Rai Ayushi, Bhat Smitha, Sahu Pratima K, Hande Manjunath H, D'Souza Sydney C, Shashikiran Umakanth, Satyamoorthy Kapaettu
Abstract excerpt
Multiple mechanisms such as genetic and epigenetic variations within a key gene may play a role in malarial susceptibility and response to anti-malarial drugs in the population. ABCB1 is one of the well-studied membrane transporter genes that code for the P-glycoprotein (an efflux protein) and whose effect on malaria disease predisposition and susceptibility to drugs remains to be understood. We studied the...
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