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secretor
noun
A person who or animal that secretes (emits a bodily fluid).
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To investigate secretor gene fucosyltransferase 2 (FUT2) polymorphism and secretor phenotype in relation to outcomes of prematurity.
It is found to have two distinct genotypes, one functional secretor and one loss-of-function mutation leading to a non-secretor (McGovern et al., 2010).
The three saliva samples were positive with nonsecretor Lea (Nonsec/Lea), secretor Ley (Sec/Ley) and secretor Leb (Sec/Leb), respectively.
HBGAs are complex carbohydrates with specific oligosaccharide sequences as determinants of blood types, including A/B/O, secretor (H), and Lewis (Le) or non-secretor types (H negative).
We investigated a possible selection on ABH secretor phenotypes during intrauterine life.
Low secretor genotype of TNF- α -308 GG along with low secretor genotypes of IFN-γ, high secretor genotypes of IL-6, and TGF- β1 were protective.
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Four of these individuals were secretor-negative and two were secretor-positive.
Fisher's exact test (two-sided) was used to test significant differences in distribution of secretor-positive and secretor-negative individuals among symptomatic and asymptomatic/non-exposed.
Several previous studies have shown that saliva of secretor-positive but not of secretor-negative individuals can bind NoV VLP [17] and authentic virus [19].
Genotyping of 34 symptomatic individuals regarding the FUT2 gene revealed that one patient was, surprisingly, a non-secretor, hence indicating secretor-independent infection.
Loss of function mutations in FUT2 (non-secretor) occur in 20% of European-derived Caucasians.
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