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Cyclooxygenase-2 haplotypes influence the longitudinal risk of malaria and severe malarial anemia in Kenyan children from a holoendemic transmission region.
Journal of human genetics - 1 Jan 2020
Anyona Samuel B, Hengartner Nicolas W, Raballah Evans, Ong'echa John Michael, Lauve Nick, Cheng Qiuying, Fenimore Paul W, Ouma Collins, Lambert Christophe G, McMahon Benjamin H, Perkins Douglas J
Abstract excerpt
Cyclooxygenase-2 [(COX-2) or prostaglandin endoperoxide H2 synthase-2 (PTGS-2)] induces the production of prostaglandins as part of the host-immune response to infections. Although a number of studies have demonstrated the effects of COX-2 promoter variants on autoimmune and inflammatory diseases, their role in malaria remains undefined. As such, we investigated the relationship between four COX-2 promoter...
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