Geographical distribution of complement receptor type 1 variants and their associated disease risk.

Thaisa Lucas SandriSelorme AdukpoDao Phuong GiangChristian N NguetseFabiana Antunes AndradeHoang van TongNguyen Linh ToanLe Huu SongPreetham ElumalaiKumarasamy ThangarajVijaya Lakshmi ValluriFrancine NtoumiChristian G MeyerIara Jose de Messias ReasonPeter G KremsnerThirumalaisamy P Velavan

Published in: PloS one (2017)

The African populations included in this study might have a selective advantage conferred to immune genes involved in pathogen recognition and signaling, possibly contributing to disease susceptibility or resistance.

Keyphrases

copy number
gene expression
candida albicans
genome wide