Table 2.

Association of DC-SIGN polymorphisms among different ethnic populations.

DC-SIGN gene polymorphisms	Population/Country	Allele/haplotype	Association	Sample size		References
				HCs	TB
−871(A/G)−336(A/G)	South African	−871G −336A	Protection	360	351	(187)
−939(G/A)	Indonesian Vietnamese	GG vs. GA+AA	Protection No association			(188)
−336(A/G)	South Indian	−336GG	Susceptibility to PTB in HIV	157	107	(189)
	African	−336G	Protection	914	1,262	(190)
	Asian	−336GG	Susceptibility	3,610	3,539	(191)
	Asian	−336GG	Susceptibility	3,088	3,114	(192)
		−871G	Protection
−336(A/G)	Spanish		No association	299	110	(193)
DC-SIGNR VNTR	Iranian		No association	161	171	(194)
−336(A/G)139(A/G)	West African		No association	347	321	(195)
−336(A/G)	Chinese		No association	2614	2598	(196)

DC-SIGN, Dendritic Cell-Specific Intercellular adhesion molecule-3-Grabbing Non-integrin.