Malaria and red cell genetic defects

RL Nagel, EFJ Roth - 1989 - ashpublications.org
The study of inherited RBC resistance to malaria has increased our knowledge of the
biochemistry and physiology of the host-parasite interaction and suggested potential sites …

[HTML][HTML] Prevalence of red blood cell major blood group antigens and phenotypes among Omani blood donors

AZ Al-Riyami, A Al-Marhoobi, S Al-Hosni… - Oman Medical …, 2019 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Objectives Most literature on the frequencies of red blood cell (RBC) phenotypes are
published in Europeans and Africans countries, with the frequencies in the Omani …

A novel mutation in the coding sequence of the FY* B allele of the Duffy chemokine receptor gene is associated with an altered erythrocyte phenotype

N Parasol, M Reid, M Rios, L Castilho… - Blood, The Journal …, 1998 - ashpublications.org
The Duffy blood group system is of clinical and biological significance. Antibodies to Duffy
antigens are responsible for some cases of transfusion incompatibility and newborn …

High-resolution Y chromosome haplotypes of Israeli and Palestinian Arabs reveal geographic substructure and substantial overlap with haplotypes of Jews

A Nebel, D Filon, DA Weiss, M Weale, M Faerman… - Human Genetics, 2000 - Springer
High-resolution Y chromosome haplotype analysis was performed in 143 paternally
unrelated Israeli and Palestinian Moslem Arabs (I&P Arabs) by screening for 11 binary …

[HTML][HTML] Prevalence of neutropenia in children by nationality

S Denic, H Narchi, LA Al Mekaini, S Al-Hammadi… - BMC hematology, 2016 - Springer
Background A high prevalence of neutropenia has been reported in several ethnic groups
amongst whom many healthy individuals with low neutrophil counts undergo unnecessary …

New genotypes in Fy(a− b−) individuals: nonsense mutations (Trp to stop) in the coding sequence of either FY A or FY B

Rios, Chaudhuri, Mallinson, Sausais… - British journal of …, 2000 - Wiley Online Library
Duffy blood group antigens are carried on a glycoprotein that is predicted to pass through
the erythrocyte membrane seven times and is a promiscuous chemokine receptor. The Fy …

Human mitochondrial DNA types in two Israeli populations--a comparative study at the DNA level.

B Bonné-Tamir, MJ Johnson, A Natali… - American journal of …, 1986 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Variations in human mtDNA restriction endonuclease fragment patterns were investigated in
a sample number of 81 Israelis--Jews and Arabs--using total blood cell DNA. Eight new …

Molecular blood group screening in donors from Arabian countries and Iran using high-throughput MALDI-TOF mass spectrometry and PCR-SSP

BK Flesch, V Scherer, B Just, A Opitz… - Transfusion Medicine …, 2020 - karger.com
Abstract Background and Aims: Only little is known about blood groups other than ABO
blood groups and Rhesus factors in Arabian countries and Iran. During the last years …

[HTML][HTML] Analysis for genotyping Duffy blood group in inhabitants of Sudan, the Fourth Cataract of the Nile

A Kempińska-Podhorodecka, O Knap, A Drozd… - Malaria journal, 2012 - Springer
Background Genetic polymophisms of the Duffy antigen receptor for the chemokines
(DARC) gene successfully protected against blood stage infection by Plasmodium vivax …

Constitutive heterochromatin of chromosome 1 and Duffy blood group alleles in schizophrenia

NS Kosower, L Gerad, M Goldstein… - American journal of …, 1995 - Wiley Online Library
Constitutive heterochromatin of chromosome 1 and Duffy blood group alleles in schizophrenia
Page 1 American Journal of Medical Genetics (Neuropsychiatric Genetics) 60: 133-138 (1995) …