Examining ERBB2 as a candidate gene for susceptibility to leprosy (Hansen’s disease) in Brazil

Leprosy remains prevalent in Brazil. ErbB2 is a receptor for leprosy bacilli entering Schwann cells, which mediates Mycobacterium leprae-induced demyelination and the ERBB2 gene lies within a leprosy susceptibility locus on chromosome 17q11-q21. To determine whether polymorphisms at the ERBB2 locus...

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Autores principales: Araújo, Sérgio Ricardo Fernandes, Jamieson, Sarra Elisabeth, Dupnik, Kathryn Margaret, Monteiro, Glória Regina, Nobre, Maurício Lisboa, Dias, Márcia Sousa, Trindade, Pedro Bezerra, Queiroz, Maria do Carmo Palmeira, Gomes, Carlos Eduardo Maia, Blackwell, Jenefer Mary, Jeronimo, Selma Maria Bezerra
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Ministério da Saúde 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4015256/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24676663
http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/0074-0276130344

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