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Parasite-host interaction in malaria: genetic clues and copy number variation
In humans, infections contribute highly to mortality and morbidity rates worldwide. Malaria tropica is one of the major infectious diseases globally and is caused by the protozoan parasite Plasmodium falciparum. Plasmodia have accompanied human beings since the emergence of humankind. Due to its pat...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2768989/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19725943 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/gm82 |
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author | Faik, Imad de Carvalho, Elisandra Grangeiro Kun, Jürgen FJ |
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description | In humans, infections contribute highly to mortality and morbidity rates worldwide. Malaria tropica is one of the major infectious diseases globally and is caused by the protozoan parasite Plasmodium falciparum. Plasmodia have accompanied human beings since the emergence of humankind. Due to its pathogenicity, malaria is a powerful selective force on the human genome. Genetic epidemiology approaches such as family and twin studies, candidate gene studies, and disease-association studies have identified a number of genes that mediate relative protection against the severest forms of the disease. New molecular approaches, including genome-wide association studies, have recently been performed to expand our knowledge on the functional effect of human variation in malaria. For the future, a systematic determination of gene-dosage effects and expression profiles of protective genes might unveil the functional impact of structural alterations in these genes on either side of the host-parasite interaction. |
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spelling | pubmed-27689892010-09-02 Parasite-host interaction in malaria: genetic clues and copy number variation Faik, Imad de Carvalho, Elisandra Grangeiro Kun, Jürgen FJ Genome Med Review In humans, infections contribute highly to mortality and morbidity rates worldwide. Malaria tropica is one of the major infectious diseases globally and is caused by the protozoan parasite Plasmodium falciparum. Plasmodia have accompanied human beings since the emergence of humankind. Due to its pathogenicity, malaria is a powerful selective force on the human genome. Genetic epidemiology approaches such as family and twin studies, candidate gene studies, and disease-association studies have identified a number of genes that mediate relative protection against the severest forms of the disease. New molecular approaches, including genome-wide association studies, have recently been performed to expand our knowledge on the functional effect of human variation in malaria. For the future, a systematic determination of gene-dosage effects and expression profiles of protective genes might unveil the functional impact of structural alterations in these genes on either side of the host-parasite interaction. BioMed Central 2009-09-02 /pmc/articles/PMC2768989/ /pubmed/19725943 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/gm82 Text en Copyright ©2009 BioMed Central Ltd |
spellingShingle | Review Faik, Imad de Carvalho, Elisandra Grangeiro Kun, Jürgen FJ Parasite-host interaction in malaria: genetic clues and copy number variation |
title | Parasite-host interaction in malaria: genetic clues and copy number variation |
title_full | Parasite-host interaction in malaria: genetic clues and copy number variation |
title_fullStr | Parasite-host interaction in malaria: genetic clues and copy number variation |
title_full_unstemmed | Parasite-host interaction in malaria: genetic clues and copy number variation |
title_short | Parasite-host interaction in malaria: genetic clues and copy number variation |
title_sort | parasite-host interaction in malaria: genetic clues and copy number variation |
topic | Review |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2768989/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19725943 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/gm82 |
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