Genetics of infectious disease resistance

被引:56
作者
Hill, AVS
机构
[1] Wellcome Trust Ctr. for Hum. Genet., University of Oxford, Oxford OX3 7BN, Windmill Road
基金
英国惠康基金;
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D O I
10.1016/S0959-437X(96)80013-X
中图分类号
Q2 [细胞生物学];
学科分类号
071009 ; 090102 ;
摘要
The identification of large numbers of candidate genes and the introduction of methodologies for whole-genome screening have provided new opportunities for elucidating the molecular basis of variable susceptibility to major infectious diseases. 12 genes have been implicated in variable susceptibility to malaria and susceptibility/resistance genes for several other infectious diseases are beginning to be identified. Recent work suggests that large-scale family linkage and population association studies will be a more succesful route to human disease genes than extrapolation from mouse models of infection.
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页码:348 / 353
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