An unbiased systems genetics approach to mapping genetic loci modulating susceptibility to severe streptococcal sepsis

PLoS Pathogens

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2008, Pages

  Abdeltawab, Nourtan F ^a,b   Aziz, Ramy K ^a,c   Kansal, Rita ^a,b   Rowe, Sarah L ^b   Su, Yin ^a   Gardner, Lidia ^a   Brannen, Charity ^a   Nooh, Mohammed M ^a,b   Attia, Ramy R ^a,b   Abdelsamed, Hossam A ^a,b   Taylor, William L ^a   Lu, Lu ^a   Williams, Robert W ^a   Kotb, Malak ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c CAIRO UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HLA ANTIGEN CLASS 2; INTERLEUKIN 1ALPHA; PROSTAGLANDIN E SYNTHASE; SUPERANTIGEN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CHROMOSOME 2; CHROMOSOME 22; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DNA POLYMORPHISM; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE LOCUS; GENE MAPPING; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; IMMUNOREGULATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PHENOTYPE; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCUS; SEPSIS; STREPTOCOCCUS GROUP A; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION; ANIMAL; BACTEREMIA; CHROMOSOME MAP; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENETICS; GENOMICS; LONGEVITY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MOUSE STRAIN; PATHOGENICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MUS;

ANIMALS; BACTEREMIA; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENOMICS; GENOTYPE; LONGEVITY; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED STRAINS; MICE, TRANSGENIC; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCI; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; SEPSIS; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES;

EID: 43049085937     PISSN: 15537366     EISSN: 15537374     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1000042     Document Type: Article

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