The interplay between the geographic distribution of HLA-B27 alleles and their role in infectious and autoimmune diseases: A unifying hypothesis

Autoimmunity Reviews

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 420-425

  Mathieu, Alessandro ^a   Paladini, Fabiana ^b   Vacca, Alessandra ^a   Cauli, Alberto ^a   Fiorillo, Maria Teresa ^b   Sorrentino, Rosa ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAGLIARI   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^c Pasteur Institute   (Italy)

Author keywords

Ankylosing spondylitis; Autoimmune diseases; Genetic selection; HLA B27 subtypes; Infectious diseases; Malaria

Indexed keywords

HLA B27 ANTIGEN;

ALLELE; ANTIGEN PRESENTATION; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; AUTOIMMUNITY; CD8+ T LYMPHOCYTE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HAPLOTYPE; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION; INFECTION RESISTANCE; INHERITANCE; REVIEW; TISSUE INJURY;

ACUTE DISEASE; ALLELES; ANIMALS; CHRONIC DISEASE; DISEASE PROGRESSION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV-1; HLA-B27 ANTIGEN; HUMANS; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; POPULATION GROUPS; RHEUMATIC DISEASES; SPONDYLITIS, ANKYLOSING;

EID: 61549109883     PISSN: 15689972     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.autrev.2009.01.003     Document Type: Review

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