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| Bompeixe,Eni Picchioni; Costa,Sonia Maria Correia Machado da; Arruda,Walter Oleschko; Petzl-Erler,Maria Luiza. |
| Neurocysticercosis, caused by encysted larvae of the tapeworm Taenia solium, is the most common infection of the central nervous system and a major public health problem in many countries. Prevalence in the region of Curitiba, located in the southern Brazilian State of Paraná, is one of the highest in the world. The genetics of host susceptibility to neurocysticercosis (NCC) is still obscure. To investigate if major histocompatibility complex (MHC) genes influence individual susceptibility to NCC, we performed a case-control association analysis. Fifty-two Caucasoid patients and 149 matched controls were typed for antigens of the HLA-A, B, C, DR and DQ loci. All patients had computerized tomography and clinical features compatible with parenchymal NCC.... |
| Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
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| Ano: 1999 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1415-47571999000100002 |
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| Braun-Prado,Karin; Petzl-Erler,Maria Luiza. |
| Pemphigus foliaceus, also known as fogo selvagem, is an autoimmune disease of the epidermis characterized by superficial blisters and antibodies against desmoglein 1. It is a multifactorial disease and genetic susceptibility is oligogenic or polygenic. Considering the crucial function of the programmed cell death 1 molecule (PD-1) in the immune response, the aim of this study was to verify if variants of the PDCD1 gene influence susceptibility and resistance to pemphigus foliaceus, in a case - control disease association study. We analyzed patients (n = 154) and unaffected control individuals (n = 325) of the Brazilian population, in respect to the PD1.3(G,A) PD1.5(C,T) and PD1.6(A,G) single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) and also investigated, for the... |
| Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: Genetic association; PD-1; PDCD1; Genetic polymorphism; Pemphigus. |
| Ano: 2007 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1415-47572007000300003 |
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