Association of a new FCN3 haplotype with high ficolin-3 levels in leprosy.

• Hlavní autoři: Fabiana Antunes Andrade (Autor), Marcia Holsbach Beltrame (Autor), Valéria Bumiller Bini (Autor), Letícia Boslooper Gonçalves (Autor), Angelica Beate Winter Boldt (Autor), Iara Jose de Messias-Reason (Autor)
• Médium: Kniha
• Vydáno: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2017-02-01T00:00:00Z.
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Leprosy is a chronic inflammatory disease caused by Mycobacterium leprae that mainly affects the skin and peripheral nervous system, leading to a high disability rate and social stigma. Previous studies have shown a contribution of genes encoding products of the lectin pathway of complement in the m...