A new frequent allele is the missing link in the structural polymorphism of the human mannan-binding protein |
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Authors: | Hans O. Madsen P. Garred Joergen A. L. Kurtzhals Lars U. Lamm Lars P. Ryder Steffen Thiel Arne Svejgaard |
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Affiliation: | (1) Tissue Typing Laboratory of the Department of Clinical Immunology, Rigshospitalet, Tagensvej 20, DK-2200 Copenhagen N, Denmark;(2) Department of Infectious Diseases, Centre for Medical Parasitology, Rigshospitalet, National University Hospital, DK-2200 Copenhagen N, Denmark;(3) Department of Clinical Immunology, Skejby University Hospital, DK-8200 Aarhus N, Denmark;(4) Institute of Medical Microbiology, Aarhus University, DK-8000 Aarhus C, Denmark |
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Abstract: | Human mannan-binding protein (MBP) is a serum lectin participating in the innate immune defence. Low MBP concentrations are explained by the dominant action of a point mutation at codon 54 of the MBP gene in Eskimos, partially in Caucasians, but not in Africans. A previously described point mutation at codon 57 was very frequent (0.23) in East Africans, low in Caucasians (0.02), and absent in Eskimos. The African population only conformed to Hardy-Weinberg expectation when assuming the existence of an unknown allele, which was subsequently found as a point mutation at codon 52. This allele appeared with a relatively high frequency (0.05) in both Africans and Caucasians, but was absent in Eskimos. Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium is now seen in the investigated ethnic groups. All cases of MBP deficiency may be explained by these three variants. |
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