Nasopharyngeal Bacterial Colonization and Gene Polymorphisms of Mannose-Binding Lectin and Toll-Like Receptors 2 and 4 in Infants - Vuononvirta, Juho; Toivonen, Laura; Gröndahl-Yli-Hannuksela, Kirsi; Barkoff, Alex-Mikael; Lindholm, Laura; Mertsola, Jussi; Peltola, Ville; He, Qiushui (PloS one, 2011)
Keywords: Age; Amino acids; Bacteria; Bacteria - growth & development; Bacterial genetics; Binding; Biology; Children; Codons; Colonization; Colony Count, Microbial; Deoxyribonucleic acid; Disease susceptibility; DNA; Ear diseases; Finland; Genes; Genetic aspects; Genetic diversity; Genetic polymorphisms; Genotype; Gram-negative bacteria; Health; Hospitals; Humans; Immune system; Infant; Infants; Infectious diseases; Laboratories; Lectins; Ligands; Mannose; Mannose-binding lectin; Mannose-Binding Lectin - genetics; Medicine; Microorganisms; Monosaccharides; Moraxella catarrhalis; Nasopharynx; Nasopharynx - microbiology; Native peoples; Pediatrics; Pneumonia; Polymorphism; Polymorphism, Genetic; Proteins; Receptors; Species Specificity; Staphylococcus aureus; Staphylococcus infections; Streptococcus infections; Streptococcus pneumoniae; TLR2 protein; TLR4 protein; Toll-Like Receptor 2 - genetics; Toll-Like Receptor 4 - genetics; Toll-like receptors; Finland