Parasites represent a major selective force for interleukin genes and shape the genetic predisposition to autoimmune conditions

Journal of Experimental Medicine

Volumn 206, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1395-1408

  Fumagalli, Matteo ^a,b   Pozzoli, Uberto ^a   Cagliani, Rachele ^a   Comi, Giacomo P ^c   Riva, Stefania ^a   Clerici, Mario ^c,d   Bresolin, Nereo ^a,c   Sironi, Manuela ^a  

^a SCIENTIFIC INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^b POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^d IRCCS FONDAZIONE DON CARLO GNOCCHI   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTERLEUKIN 1; INTERLEUKIN 18 RECEPTOR; INTERLEUKIN 7 RECEPTOR;

ARTICLE; CELIAC DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTERITIS; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; POPULATION GENETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN POLYMORPHISM;

ALLELES; ANIMALS; CELIAC DISEASE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENETIC VARIATION; GENETICS, POPULATION; HAPLOTYPES; HELMINTHS; HUMANS; INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASES; INTERLEUKINS; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; RECEPTORS, INTERLEUKIN; SELECTION (GENETICS);

EID: 67449110978     PISSN: 00221007     EISSN: 15409538     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1084/jem.20082779     Document Type: Article

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