Evidence for epistasis between hemoglobin C and immune genes in human P. falciparum malaria: A family study in Burkina Faso

Genes and Immunity

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 481-489

  Atkinson, A ^a   Barbier, M ^b   Afridi, S ^a   Fumoux, F ^a,c   Rihet, P ^a  

^a Aix Marseille university   (France)

^b INSERM   (France)

^c IFR 48   (France)

Author keywords

genetic interaction; hemoglobin C; mild malaria; parasitemia; PGMDR; Plasmodium falciparum

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN C; INTERLEUKIN 12P40; INTERLEUKIN 4; LYMPHOTOXIN; NATURAL CYTOTOXICITY TRIGGERING RECEPTOR 3; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BURKINA FASO; CHILD; DISEASE SEVERITY; GENE INTERACTION; GENETIC EPISTASIS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; PARASITEMIA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BURKINA FASO; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EPISTASIS, GENETIC; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HEMOGLOBIN C; HUMANS; INFANT; INTERLEUKIN-12 SUBUNIT P40; INTERLEUKIN-4; LYMPHOTOXIN-ALPHA; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MALE; NATURAL CYTOTOXICITY TRIGGERING RECEPTOR 3; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTORS;

PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

EID: 80052280352     PISSN: 14664879     EISSN: 14765470     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/gene.2011.19     Document Type: Article

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