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SUBMITTER: Zheng R
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7132724 | biostudies-literature | 2011 Feb
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Zheng Ruijuan R Zhou Yan Y Qin Lianhua L Jin Ruiliang R Wang Jie J Lu Junmei J Wang WeiBing W Tang Shenjie S Hu Zhongyi Z
Human immunology 20101130 2
Dendritic cell-specific intracellular adhesion molecule-3-grabbing nonintegrin (DC-SIGN) is an important receptor for Mycobacterium tuberculosis on human dendritic cells. Previous studies have shown that the variation, especially the -871A/G and -336A/G in DC-SIGN promoter influenced the susceptibility to tuberculosis. We therefore investigated whether polymorphisms in the DC-SIGN gene were associated with susceptibility to tuberculosis in an eastern Chinese population. A total of 237 culture-po ...[more]