Duffy Antigen Expression in Erythroid Bone Marrow Precursor Cells of Genotypically Duffy Negative Individuals
Célia Dechavanne, Sébastien Dechavanne, Sylvain Métral, Brooke Roeper, Sushma Krishnan, Rich Fong, Seth Bennett, Lenore L. Carias, Edwin Chen, Nichole D. Salinas, Anil Ghosh, Niraj Harish Tolia, Philip G. Woost, James W. Jacobberger, Yves Colin, , Peter A. Zimmerman
The paper investigates Fy expression in Fy-negative individuals, finding that the GATA-1 SNP does not fully abolish Fy protein expression in erythroid progenitors, suggesting potential susceptibility to P. vivax malaria.
bioRxiv · Dec 31, 2018 · PreprintGenetics