High frequency of variant alleles of the mannose-binding lectin 2 (MBL2) gene are associated with patients infected by hepatitis B virus

Viral Immunology

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 449-453

  Filho, Roberto Magalhães ^b,c   Carmo, Rodrigo F ^a   Catsman, Coriene ^d   Souza, Carlos ^b   Silva, André ^b   Moura, Patrícia ^a   Tenorio, Artur L ^b   Vasconcelos, Luydson R S ^b,c   Cavalcanti, Maria Do Socorro M ^a   Pereira, Leila M M B ^b,c  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSIDADE DE PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

^c Liver Institute of Pernambuco IFP PE   (Brazil)

^d ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

HBV; innate immunity; mannose binding lectin; MBL2; susceptibility

Indexed keywords

MANNOSE BINDING LECTIN 2;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME 10; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXON; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENOTYPE; HAPLOTYPE; HEPATITIS B; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PROMOTER REGION; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

ALLELES; BRAZIL; EXONS; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HAPLOTYPES; HEPATITIS B; HUMANS; IMMUNITY, INNATE; MALE; MANNOSE-BINDING LECTIN; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC;

HEPATITIS B VIRUS;

EID: 77955914225     PISSN: 08828245     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/vim.2009.0105     Document Type: Article

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