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Major Histocompatibility Complex Class I Chain-Related A and B (MICA and MICB) Gene, Allele, and Haplotype Associations With Dengue Infections in Ethnic Thais.
The Journal of infectious diseases - 4 Aug 2020
Luangtrakool Panpimon, Vejbaesya Sasijit, Luangtrakool Komon, Ngamhawornwong Somporn, Apisawes Kusuma, Kalayanarooj Siripen, Macareo Louis R, Fernandez Stefan, Jarman Richard G, Collins Robert W M, Cox Steven T, Srikiatkhachorn Anon, Rothman Alan L, Stephens Henry A F
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BACKGROUND: Major histocompatibility complex class I chain-related (MIC) A and B (MICA and MICB) are polymorphic stress molecules recognized by natural killer cells. This study was performed to analyze MIC gene profiles in hospitalized Thai children with acute dengue illness. METHODS: MIC allele profiles were determined in a discovery cohort of patients with dengue fever or dengue hemorrhagic fever (DHF)...
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