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SUBMITTER: He J
PROVIDER: S-EPMC9528363 | biostudies-literature | 2022
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
He Juan J Liu Shengyuan S Guo Xujun X Zhang Fan F Takiff Howard Eugene HE Zhao Yashuang Y
Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de Sao Paulo 20220930
Although tuberculosis (TB) is a serious public health concern, we still don't understand why only 10% of people infected will develop the disease. Apoptosis plays a role in the interaction of Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) with the human host and it may be modified by subtle alterations in the B-cell lymphoma 2 (BCL2) gene, an anti-apoptotic regulatory element. Therefore, we investigated whether there is an association between BCL2 polymorphisms and susceptibility to TB by analyzing 130 TB cas ...[more]