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Evolutionary Determinants of Genetic Variation in Susceptibility to Infectious Diseases in Humans
Although genetic variation among humans in their susceptibility to infectious diseases has long been appreciated, little focus has been devoted to identifying patterns in levels of variation in susceptibility to different diseases. Levels of genetic variation in susceptibility associated with 40 hum...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3252296/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22242158 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0029089 |
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description | Although genetic variation among humans in their susceptibility to infectious diseases has long been appreciated, little focus has been devoted to identifying patterns in levels of variation in susceptibility to different diseases. Levels of genetic variation in susceptibility associated with 40 human infectious diseases were assessed by a survey of studies on both pedigree-based quantitative variation, as well as studies on different classes of marker alleles. These estimates were correlated with pathogen traits, epidemiological characteristics, and effectiveness of the human immune response. The strongest predictors of levels of genetic variation in susceptibility were disease characteristics negatively associated with immune effectiveness. High levels of genetic variation were associated with diseases with long infectious periods and for which vaccine development attempts have been unsuccessful. These findings are consistent with predictions based on theoretical models incorporating fitness costs associated with the different types of resistance mechanisms. An appreciation of these observed patterns will be a valuable tool in directing future research given that genetic variation in disease susceptibility has large implications for vaccine development and epidemiology. |
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spelling | pubmed-32522962012-01-12 Evolutionary Determinants of Genetic Variation in Susceptibility to Infectious Diseases in Humans Baker, Christi Antonovics, Janis PLoS One Research Article Although genetic variation among humans in their susceptibility to infectious diseases has long been appreciated, little focus has been devoted to identifying patterns in levels of variation in susceptibility to different diseases. Levels of genetic variation in susceptibility associated with 40 human infectious diseases were assessed by a survey of studies on both pedigree-based quantitative variation, as well as studies on different classes of marker alleles. These estimates were correlated with pathogen traits, epidemiological characteristics, and effectiveness of the human immune response. The strongest predictors of levels of genetic variation in susceptibility were disease characteristics negatively associated with immune effectiveness. High levels of genetic variation were associated with diseases with long infectious periods and for which vaccine development attempts have been unsuccessful. These findings are consistent with predictions based on theoretical models incorporating fitness costs associated with the different types of resistance mechanisms. An appreciation of these observed patterns will be a valuable tool in directing future research given that genetic variation in disease susceptibility has large implications for vaccine development and epidemiology. Public Library of Science 2012-01-05 /pmc/articles/PMC3252296/ /pubmed/22242158 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0029089 Text en Baker, Antonovics. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are properly credited. |
spellingShingle | Research Article Baker, Christi Antonovics, Janis Evolutionary Determinants of Genetic Variation in Susceptibility to Infectious Diseases in Humans |
title | Evolutionary Determinants of Genetic Variation in Susceptibility to Infectious Diseases in Humans |
title_full | Evolutionary Determinants of Genetic Variation in Susceptibility to Infectious Diseases in Humans |
title_fullStr | Evolutionary Determinants of Genetic Variation in Susceptibility to Infectious Diseases in Humans |
title_full_unstemmed | Evolutionary Determinants of Genetic Variation in Susceptibility to Infectious Diseases in Humans |
title_short | Evolutionary Determinants of Genetic Variation in Susceptibility to Infectious Diseases in Humans |
title_sort | evolutionary determinants of genetic variation in susceptibility to infectious diseases in humans |
topic | Research Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3252296/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22242158 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0029089 |
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