Human immune system variation

P Brodin, MM Davis - Nature reviews immunology, 2017 - nature.com
The human immune system is highly variable between individuals but relatively stable over
time within a given person. Recent conceptual and technological advances have enabled …

Autoimmune diseases—connecting risk alleles with molecular traits of the immune system

M Gutierrez-Arcelus, SS Rich… - Nature Reviews …, 2016 - nature.com
Genome-wide strategies have driven the discovery of more than 300 susceptibility loci for
autoimmune diseases. However, for almost all loci, understanding of the mechanisms …

A Myc enhancer cluster regulates normal and leukaemic haematopoietic stem cell hierarchies

C Bahr, L Von Paleske, VV Uslu, S Remeseiro… - Nature, 2018 - nature.com
The transcription factor Myc is essential for the regulation of haematopoietic stem cells and
progenitors and has a critical function in haematopoietic malignancies. Here we show that …

Epigenome-wide scans identify differentially methylated regions for age and age-related phenotypes in a healthy ageing population

JT Bell, PC Tsai, TP Yang, R Pidsley, J Nisbet… - PLoS …, 2012 - journals.plos.org
Age-related changes in DNA methylation have been implicated in cellular senescence and
longevity, yet the causes and functional consequences of these variants remain unclear. To …

Genetic diversity and association studies in US Hispanic/Latino populations: applications in the Hispanic Community Health Study/Study of Latinos

MP Conomos, CA Laurie, AM Stilp, SM Gogarten… - The American Journal of …, 2016 - cell.com
US Hispanic/Latino individuals are diverse in genetic ancestry, culture, and environmental
exposures. Here, we characterized and controlled for this diversity in genome-wide …

[HTML][HTML] The genetic architecture of the human immune system: a bioresource for autoimmunity and disease pathogenesis

M Roederer, L Quaye, M Mangino, MH Beddall… - Cell, 2015 - cell.com
Despite recent discoveries of genetic variants associated with autoimmunity and infection,
genetic control of the human immune system during homeostasis is poorly understood. We …

[HTML][HTML] Genetic variants regulating immune cell levels in health and disease

V Orrù, M Steri, G Sole, C Sidore, F Virdis, M Dei, S Lai… - Cell, 2013 - cell.com
The complex network of specialized cells and molecules in the immune system has evolved
to defend against pathogens, but inadvertent immune system attacks on" self" result in …

Cytomegalovirus infection enhances the immune response to influenza

D Furman, V Jojic, S Sharma, SS Shen-Orr… - Science translational …, 2015 - science.org
Cytomegalovirus (CMV) is a β-herpesvirus present in a latent form in most people
worldwide. In immunosuppressed individuals, CMV can reactivate and cause serious …

[HTML][HTML] Genome-wide meta-analysis of observational studies shows common genetic variants associated with macronutrient intake

T Tanaka, JS Ngwa, FJA Van Rooij, MC Zillikens… - The American journal of …, 2013 - Elsevier
Background: Macronutrient intake varies substantially between individuals, and there is
evidence that this variation is partly accounted for by genetic variants. Objective: The …

Statistical colocalization of genetic risk variants for related autoimmune diseases in the context of common controls

MD Fortune, H Guo, O Burren, E Schofield… - Nature …, 2015 - nature.com
Determining whether potential causal variants for related diseases are shared can identify
overlapping etiologies of multifactorial disorders. Colocalization methods disentangle …