Recent expansion and adaptive evolution of the carcinoembryonic antigen family in bats of the Yangochiroptera subgroup.

Robert KammererMartin MansfeldJana HänskeSophie MißbachXiaocui HeBernd KöllnerSusan MouchantatWolfgang Zimmermann

Published in: BMC genomics (2017)

The rapid expansion of PSGs in certain bat species together with selection for diversification suggest that bat PSGs could be part of a pathogen defense system by serving as decoy receptors and/or regulators of feto-maternal interactions.

Keyphrases

birth weight
transcription factor
candida albicans
pregnancy outcomes
loop mediated isothermal amplification
body mass index
pregnant women
innate immune
physical activity
weight gain