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ReviewEmerging infectious diseases

Comparative genomics and host resistance against infectious diseases.

S T Qureshi, E Skamene, D Malo

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Review in Emerging infectious diseases. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 12 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

12 citing papers in PubMed.

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  7. Experimental validation of Haldane's hypothesis on the role of infection as an evolutionary force for Metazoans.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2007
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

S T QureshiMcGill University, Montréal, Canada.
E Skamene
D Malo

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The large size and complexity of the human genome have limited the identification and functional characterization of components of the innate immune system that play a critical role in front-line defense against invading microorganisms. However, advances in genome analysis (including the development of comprehensive sets of informative genetic markers, improved physical mapping methods, and novel techniques for transcript identification) have reduced the obstacles to discovery of novel host resistance genes. Study of the genomic organization and content of widely divergent vertebrate species has shown a remarkable degree of evolutionary conservation and enables meaningful cross-species comparison and analysis of newly discovered genes. Application of comparative genomics to host resistance will rapidly expand our understanding of human immune defense by facilitating the translation of knowledge acquired through the study of model organisms. We review the rationale and resources for comparative genomic analysis and describe three examples of host resistance genes successfully identified by this approach.

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Cation Transport ProteinsGenetic Predisposition to DiseaseGenomeAgammaglobulinemiaAnimalsCarrier ProteinsChediak-Higashi SyndromeCommunicable DiseasesGenome, HumanHumansImmunity, InnateMembrane ProteinsMiceNatural Resistance-associated Macrophage Protein 1Carrier ProteinsCation Transport ProteinsMembrane ProteinsNatural Resistance-associated Macrophage Protein 1

Identifiers

PMID10081670
PMCPMC2627707

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