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SUBMITTER: Antony JS
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7107301 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Jun
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Antony Justin S JS Ojurongbe Olusola O van Tong Hoang H Ouf Eman Abou EA Engleitner Thomas T Akindele Akeem A AA Sina-Agbaje Olawumi R OR Adeyeba Adegboyega O AO Kremsner Peter G PG Velavan Thirumalaisamy P TP
The Journal of infectious diseases 20130228 11
<h4>Background</h4>Human ficolin 2 (encoded by FCN2) and mannose-binding lectin (encoded by MBL2) bind to specific pathogen-associated molecular patterns, activate the complement lectin cascade in a similar manner, and are associated with several infectious diseases. Our recently published study established certain FCN2 promoter variants and ficolin-2 serum levels as protective factors against schistosomiasis.<h4>Methods</h4>We used the Nigerian cohort from our recently published study, which in ...[more]