Host genetic variation in mucosal immunity pathways influences the upper airway microbiome

Microbiome

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2017, Pages

  Igartua, Catherine ^a   Davenport, Emily R ^a,b   Gilad, Yoav ^a   Nicolae, Dan L ^a   Pinto, Jayant ^a   Ober, Carole ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

Gene environment; GWAS; Host microbe interactions; Microbiome; Nasal; QTL mapping; Upper airways

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; PEPTIDOGLYCAN RECOGNITION PROTEIN; PEPTIDOGLYCAN RECOGNITION PROTEIN 3; PEPTIDOGLYCAN RECOGNITION PROTEIN 4; RNA 16S; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; CARRIER PROTEIN;

ACTINOBACTERIA; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALLELE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIAL MICROBIOME; DERMACOCCUS; FEMALE; FIRMICUTES; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENE MAPPING; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; GENOTYPE ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MUCOSAL IMMUNITY; NASOPHARYNX; NONHUMAN; NOSE CAVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEOBACTERIA; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT; CHROMOSOMAL MAPPING; CLASSIFICATION; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MICROFLORA; MIDDLE AGED; NOSE; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCUS; YOUNG ADULT;

ACTINOBACTERIA; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CARRIER PROTEINS; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIATION; HUMANS; IMMUNITY, MUCOSAL; MALE; MICROBIOTA; MIDDLE AGED; NASOPHARYNX; NOSE; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCI; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85015984059     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20492618     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s40168-016-0227-5     Document Type: Article

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