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. 2005 Oct 15;192(8):1355-61.
doi: 10.1086/491479. Epub 2005 Sep 8.

Association between mannose-binding lectin gene polymorphisms and susceptibility to severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus infection

Hongxing Zhang  1 , Gangqiao Zhou, Lianteng Zhi, Hao Yang, Yun Zhai, Xiaojia Dong, Xiumei Zhang, Xue Gao, Yunping Zhu, Fuchu He
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Association between mannose-binding lectin gene polymorphisms and susceptibility to severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus infection

Hongxing Zhang et al. J Infect Dis. .

Abstract

Background: Genetic determinants of susceptibility to severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus (SARS-CoV) infection remain unknown. We assessed whether mannose-binding lectin (MBL) gene polymorphisms were associated with susceptibility to SARS-CoV infection or disease severity in an ethnically homogeneous population born in northern China.

Methods: The frequencies of 1 mutation in codon 54 and 3 promoter polymorphisms at nt -550, -221, and 4 were ascertained in 352 patients with SARS and 392 control subjects, by means of polymerase chain reaction direct sequencing.

Results: Of 352 patients with SARS and 392 control subjects, 120 (34.4%) and 91 (23.2%) were carriers of the codon 54 variant, respectively (odds ratio [OR], 1.73 [95% confidence interval {CI}, 1.25-2.39]; P=.00086). A total of 123 (36.0%) of 352 patients with SARS and 100 (25.5%) of 392 control subjects had haplotype pairs associated with medium or low expression of MBL (OR, 1.67 [95% CI, 1.21-2.29]; P=.00187). The population-attributable fraction of patients with SARS that was associated with having the codon 54 variant was 20.1% (95% CI, 7.9%-32.3%).

Conclusions: MBL gene polymorphisms were significantly associated with susceptibility to SARS-CoV infection; this might be explained by the reduced expression of functional MBL secondary to having the codon 54 variant.

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