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Impact of MBL and MASP-2 gene polymorphism and its interaction on susceptibility to tuberculosis

Mengshi Chen, Ying Liang, Wufei Li, Mian Wang, Li Hu, Benjamin Abuaku, Xin Huang, Hongzhuan Tan, Shi Wu Wen

BMC Infectious Diseases · 2015 · 43 citations · 24 references

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Abstract

Polymorphisms of MBL (rs7096206) and MASP-2 (rs2273346 and rs6695096) were associated with the susceptibility of TB, and there were gene-gene interactions among them.

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