Genetic evidence of functional ficolin-2 haplotype as susceptibility factor in cutaneous leishmaniasis.
<h4>Background</h4>Ficolin-2 coded by FCN2 gene is a soluble serum protein that plays an important role in innate immunity. In this study, we analyzed five functional polymorphisms of the FCN2 gene for their possible association with cutaneous leishmaniasis.<h4>Methods</h4>In...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2012-01-01
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| Series: | PLoS ONE |
| Online Access: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmid/22457818/pdf/?tool=EBI |