Ficolin-2 levels and FCN2 haplotypes influence hepatitis B infection outcome in Vietnamese patients.

Ficolin-2 levels and FCN2 haplotypes influence hepatitis B infection outcome in Vietnamese patients.

Human Ficolin-2 (L-ficolins) encoded by FCN2 gene is a soluble serum protein that plays an important role in innate immunity and is mainly expressed in the liver. Ficolin-2 serum levels and FCN2 single nucleotide polymorphisms were associated to several infectious diseases. We initially screened the...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Tong V Hoang, Nguyen L Toan, Le H Song, Eman Abou Ouf, C-Thomas Bock, Peter G Kremsner, Jürgen F J Kun, T P Velavan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2011-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3222672?pdf=render

Internet

http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3222672?pdf=render

Similar Items