The MHC locus and genetic susceptibility to autoimmune and infectious diseases

V Matzaraki, V Kumar, C Wijmenga, A Zhernakova - Genome biology, 2017 - Springer
In the past 50 years, variants in the major histocompatibility complex (MHC) locus, also
known as the human leukocyte antigen (HLA), have been reported as major risk factors for …

Genome-wide analysis provides genetic evidence that ACE2 influences COVID-19 risk and yields risk scores associated with severe disease

JE Horowitz, JA Kosmicki, A Damask, D Sharma… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) enters human host cells
via angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 (ACE2) and causes coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID …

Host genetic determinants of hepatitis B virus infection

Z Zhang, C Wang, Z Liu, G Zou, J Li, M Lu - Frontiers in genetics, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Chronic hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection is still a major health problem worldwide. Recently,
a great number of genetic studies based on single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) and …

[PDF][PDF] 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 …

A review of HLA allele and SNP associations with highly prevalent infectious diseases in human populations

A Sanchez-Mazas - Swiss medical weekly, 2020 - smw.ch
Human leucocyte antigen (HLA) alleles and single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) lying
in the HLA region are known to be associated with several infectious diseases among which …

Polymorphisms within DIO2 and GADD45A genes increase the risk of liver disease progression in chronic hepatitis b carriers

M Rybicka, ER Verrier, TF Baumert, KP Bielawski - Scientific Reports, 2023 - nature.com
The study enrolled 284 patients with chronic hepatitis B virus infection. Participants included
people with mild fibrotic lesions (32.5%), moderate to severe fibrotic lesions (27.5%) …

The hepatitis B virus-associated tumor microenvironment in hepatocellular carcinoma

P Yang, GJ Markowitz, XF Wang - National science review, 2014 - academic.oup.com
In contrast to a majority of cancer types, the initiation of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is
intimately associated with a chronically diseased liver tissue, with one of the most prevalent …

Immunopathogenesis of HBV infection

J Wu, M Han, J Li, X Yang, D Yang - Hepatitis B Virus Infection: Molecular …, 2020 - Springer
More than 95% of adult infected with HBV show acute self-limited infection and eventually
eliminate the virus. In contrast, about 90% of people exposed to HBV in early childhood …

Genetic susceptibility to infectious diseases: Current status and future perspectives from genome-wide approaches

A Mozzi, C Pontremoli, M Sironi - Infection, genetics and evolution, 2018 - Elsevier
Genome-wide association studies (GWASs) have been widely applied to identify genetic
factors that affect complex diseases or traits. Presently, the GWAS Catalog includes> 2800 …

[HTML][HTML] Host genetic factors affecting hepatitis B infection outcomes: Insights from genome-wide association studies

IM Akcay, S Katrinli, K Ozdil, GD Doganay… - World journal of …, 2018 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
The clinical outcome of hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection depends on the success or failure of
the immune responses to HBV, and varies widely among individuals, ranging from …