Blood groups in infection and host susceptibility

L Cooling - Clinical microbiology reviews, 2015 - Am Soc Microbiol
Blood group antigens represent polymorphic traits inherited among individuals and
populations. At present, there are 34 recognized human blood groups and hundreds of …

RBCs as targets of infection

J McCullough - Hematology 2014, the American Society of …, 2014 - ashpublications.org
RBCs can be targets of infection directly or indirectly. When the microorganism enters the
RBC directly, RBC damage becomes a fundamental aspect of the disease process. Malaria …

Diverse energy metabolism patterns in females in Neodon fuscus, Lasiopodomys brandtii, and Mus musculus revealed by comparative transcriptomics under hypoxic …

M Li, X Tian, X Li, M Huang, S Huang, Y Wu… - Science of The Total …, 2021 - Elsevier
The effects of global warming and anthropogenic disturbance force animals to migrate from
lower to higher elevations to find suitable new habitats. As such migrations increase hypoxic …

Strong down-regulation of glycophorin genes: A host defense mechanism against rotavirus infection

A Salas, G Marco-Puche, JC Triviño… - Infection, Genetics and …, 2016 - Elsevier
The mechanisms of rotavirus (RV) infection have been analyzed from different angles but
the way in which RV modifies the transcriptome of the host is still unknown. Whole …

Solute carrier family 4 member 1 might participate in the pathogenesis of Meniere's disease in a murine endolymphatic hydrop model

S Sun, D Zhang, G Sun, Y Song, J Cai, Z Fan… - Acta Oto …, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
Background: To date, the pathogenesis of Meniere's disease (MD) remains unclear.
Previous research found that the SLC4A1 gene significantly down-regulated. Aims: This …

Identification of four hub genes in venous thromboembolism via weighted gene coexpression network analysis

G Fan, Z Jin, K Wang, H Yang, J Wang, Y Li… - BMC Cardiovascular …, 2021 - Springer
Background The pathogenic mechanisms of venous thromboembolism (VT) remain to be
defined. This study aimed to identify differentially expressed genes (DEGs) that could serve …

Immunogenetic response to a malaria-like parasite in a wild primate

AE Trujillo, CM Bergey - bioRxiv, 2020 - biorxiv.org
Malaria is infamous for the massive toll it exacts on human life and health. In the face of this
intense selection, many human populations have evolved mechanisms that confer some …

Genetic conflicts with Plasmodium parasites and functional constraints shape the evolution of erythrocyte cytoskeletal proteins

M Sironi, D Forni, M Clerici, R Cagliani - Scientific reports, 2018 - nature.com
Plasmodium parasites exerted a strong selective pressure on primate genomes and
mutations in genes encoding erythrocyte cytoskeleton proteins (ECP) determine protective …