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EUROPEAN RESPIRATORY JOURNAL
Volume 30, Issue 1, Pages 90-96Publisher
EUROPEAN RESPIRATORY SOC JOURNALS LTD
DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00042506
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mannose binding lectin; Mycobacterium avium complex; natural resistance-associated macrophage protein 1; vitamin D receptor
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The present study aimed to elucidate risk factors for nonimmunocompromised pulmonary Mycobacterium avium complex (MAC) infection. Epidemiological data and variations of candidate genes for mycobacterial diseases were analysed in 111 patients with pulmonary MAC infection. Four polymorphisms of the human natural resistance-associated macrophage protein (NRAMP)1 gene, the 5'(GT)n, 469+14 G/C, D543N and the 3'untranslated region (3'TGTG) insertion/deletion, were genotyped using PCR-based methods. Fok I and Taq I polymorphisms of the vitamin D receptor gene and -221 X/Y and codon 54 A/B polymorphisms of the mannose binding lectin gene were also evaluated. Females were more susceptible to MAC infection mainly affecting the right middle lobe or lingular segment of the lung. Patients' residence at the onset of the disease was distributed evenly irrespective of a waterfront or city water supply system. As compared with homozygotes for major alleles of the D543N and TGTG insertion/deletion polymorphism of the NRAMP1 gene, heterozygotes containing minor alleles were less often observed in MAC cases than in controls. This genetic effect was more significant in patients without comorbidity but not in patients with comorbidity. Other polymorphisms did not show any association with the MAC infection. The human natural resistance-associated macrophage protein 1 gene might be involved in susceptibility to pulmonary Mycobacterium avium complex infection.
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