Genetic evidence of regulatory gene variants of the STAT6, IL10R and FOXP3 locus as a susceptibility factor in uncomplicated malaria and parasitaemia in Congolese children

Malaria Journal

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Koukouikila Koussounda, Felix ^a,b,c   Ntoumi, Francine ^a,b,c   Ndounga, Mathieu ^d,e   Tong, Hoang V ^a   Abena, Ange Antoine ^c   Velavan, Thirumalaisamy P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b Fondation Congolaise Pour la Recherche Medicale   (Congo)

^c UNIVERSITÉ MARIEN NGOUABI   (Congo)

^d Centre d'Etudes sur les Ressources Végétales   (Congo)

^e Makélékélé Hospital   (Congo)

Author keywords

FOXP3; IL10RA; Plasmodium falciparum; STAT6; Tregs

Indexed keywords

GLUCOCORTICOID INDUCED TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR RECEPTOR; INTERLEUKIN 10 RECEPTOR ALPHA; INTERLEUKIN 10 RECEPTOR BETA; STAT6 PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR FOXP3;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONGO; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; PROMOTER REGION; REGULATORY T LYMPHOCYTE; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; CONGO; FEMALE; FORKHEAD TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; INFANT; INTERLEUKIN-10 RECEPTOR ALPHA SUBUNIT; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MALE; PARASITEMIA; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; STAT6 TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

EID: 84871979672     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14752875     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-2875-12-9     Document Type: Article

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