Absence of association between the allele coding methionine at position 29 in the N-terminal domain of ICAM-1 (ICAM-1^Kilifi) and severe malaria in the northwest of Thailand

• Main Authors: Jun Ohashi, Izumi Naka, Jintana Patarapotikul, Hathairad Hananantachai, Sornchai Looareesuwan, Katsushi Tokunaga
• 其他作者: University of Tokyo
• 格式: Article
• 出版: 2018
• 主題: Medicine
• 在線閱讀: https://repository.li.mahidol.ac.th/handle/123456789/26688

Intercellular adhesion molecule 1 (ICAM-1) is known to be the endothelial receptor for Plasmodium falciparum-infected erythrocytes. Associations of the variant allele coding methionine at position 29 in the N-terminal domain of ICAM-1, ICAM-1Kilifi, with severe malaria have been investigated in Afri...