Mannose-binding lectin serum levels in patients with leprosy are influenced by age and MBL2 genotypes

International Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 15, Issue 8, 2011, Pages

  Vasconcelos, Luydson Richardson Silva ^a,b   Fonseca, Juliana Pereira Lopes ^a   Carmo, Rodrigo Feliciano do ^a   Mendonça, Taciana Furtado de ^a   Pereira, Valeria Rêgo Alves ^c   Lucena Silva, Norma ^c,d   Pereira, Leila Maria Moreira Beltrão ^a,b   Moura, Patrícia ^a   Cavalcanti, Maria do Socorro de Mendonça ^a  

^a Universidade de Pernambuco   (Brazil)

^b Intituto do Fígado de Pernambuco ^*  (Brazil)

^c INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^d INSTITUTO DE MEDICINA INTEGRAL PROF FERNANDO FIGUEIRA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Age; Innate immunity; Leprosy; Mannose binding lectin; MBL2; Polymorphism

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; MANNOSE BINDING LECTIN; MANNOSE BINDING LECTIN 2;

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BORDERLINE LEPROSY; BRAZIL; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; INDETERMINATE LEPROSY; LEPROMATOUS LEPROSY; LEPROSY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIBACILLARY LEPROSY; PAUCIBACILLARY LEPROSY; PHENOTYPE; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; TUBERCULOID LEPROSY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRAZIL; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HAPLOTYPES; HUMANS; IMMUNITY, INNATE; LEPROSY; MALE; MANNOSE-BINDING LECTIN; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOBACTERIUM LEPRAE; ODDS RATIO; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79961029580     PISSN: 12019712     EISSN: 18783511     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijid.2011.04.008     Document Type: Article

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