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Protocol Number:
98-C-0137
- Title:
Evaluation of the Association of Polymorphisms in the Innate Immune System with the Risk for Cryptococcus neoformans Infection in Patients not Infected with HIV and Complications Associated with Cryptococcus neoformans Infection
- Number:
98-C-0137
- Summary:
Innate immunity plays an important role for fungal recognition and initiation of fungicidal activity. We hypothesize that subtle differences in different molecules of innate immunity may contribute to either the predisposition or clinical course of infection with Cryptococcus neoformans. To test this hypothesis, we propose to analyze the allelic frequencies of 15 different genes (mannose binding lectin, Fc-gamma receptor IIa and IIb, Fc-gamma receptors IIIa and IIIb, myeloperoxidase, tumor necrosis factor-alpha and -beta, interleukin 1A and 1B, interleukin-1 receptor antagonist, interleukin-10, NRAMP-1, chitotriosidase, and chemokine receptor 5) and their intragenic polymorphic forms and to compare this data to the incidence and severity of C neoformans infection. With this study we hope to identify a group of molecules of innate immunity which influence the risk and severity of invasive C neoformans infection.
- Sponsoring Institute:
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National Cancer Institute (NCI)
- Recruitment Detail
- Type:
Completed Study; data analyses ongoing
- Gender:
Male & Female
- Referral Letter Required:
Yes
- Population Exclusion(s):
None
- Eligibility Criteria:
This study is not currently recruiting new subjects. If you have questions about participating in a study, please contact the Patient Recruitment and Public Liaison Office, CC.
- Special Instructions:
Currently Not Provided
- Keyword(s):
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Risk Factor
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Genetic
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Variant Alleles
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Cancer
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Transplantation
- Recruitment Keyword(s):
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None
- Condition(s):
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Cryptococcosis
- Investigational Drug(s):
- None
- Investigational Device(s):
- None
- Interventions:
- None
- Supporting Site:
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National Cancer Institute
- Contact(s):
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This study is not currently recruiting new subjects. If you have questions about participating in a study, please contact the Patient Recruitment and Public Liaison Office, CC.
- Citation(s):
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Variations in the NRAPM-1 gene and susceptibility to tuberculosis in West Africans
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Interleukin-1 receptor antagonist gene polymorphism as a disease severity factor in systemic lupus erythematosis
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Cloning od a cDNA encoding chitotrisdiase, a human chitinase produced by macrophages
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