Association of Ficolin-2 Serum Levels and FCN2 Genetic Variants with Indian Visceral Leishmaniasis.

Visceral leishmaniasis (VL), one of the neglected tropical diseases, is endemic in the Indian subcontinent. Ficolins are circulating serum proteins of the lectin complement system and involved in innate immunity.We have estimated ficolin-2 serum levels and analyzed the functional variants of the enc...

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Main Authors: Anshuman Mishra, Justin S Antony, Pandarisamy Sundaravadivel, Hoang Van Tong, Christian G Meyer, Reshma D Jalli, Thirumalaisamy P Velavan, Kumarasamy Thangaraj
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4428791?pdf=render