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  • Title: Variants of the natural resistance-associated macrophage protein 1 gene (NRAMP1) are associated with severe forms of pulmonary tuberculosis.
    Author: Zhang W, Shao L, Weng X, Hu Z, Jin A, Chen S, Pang M, Chen ZW.
    Journal: Clin Infect Dis; 2005 May 01; 40(9):1232-6. PubMed ID: 15825023.
    Abstract:
    Although genetic factors may affect susceptibility to tuberculosis, studies that have assessed variants of the natural resistance-associated macrophage protein 1 gene (NRAMP1) and their association with tuberculosis in humans have yielded conflicting results. It is likely that NRAMP1 polymorphisms may be associated with progression to severe forms of pulmonary tuberculosis rather than with susceptibility to Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection. To test this possibility, we examined NRAMP1 variants at the INT4 and D543N loci, as well as their association with severe forms of pulmonary tuberculosis, in 127 patients with active pulmonary tuberculosis and in 91 ethnically matched, healthy control subjects in areas of China where tuberculosis is endemic. We found that NRAMP1 polymorphisms at these 2 loci were significantly associated with 2 severe forms of pulmonary tuberculosis: sputum smear-positive tuberculosis and cavitary tuberculosis. The NRAMP1 variants were not associated with pulmonary M. tuberculosis infection, when analyses of all patients with tuberculosis and all control subjects were performed. The findings of the present study support the hypothesis that genetic variants of NRAMP1 may have an effect on bacilli growth and on outcomes of pulmonary tuberculosis, but not on susceptibility to M. tuberculosis infection.
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