ArticleGenes and immunity2014
Mapping genetic variants in the CFH gene for association with leprosy in Han Chinese.
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- Genetic determinants of age-related macular degeneration in Middle Eastern populations: a systematic review.Frontiers in genetics · 2026Pooled it
- Leprosy: treatment, prevention, immune response and gene function.Frontiers in immunology · 2024Review
- Polymorphisms in the TGFB1 and IL2RA genes are associated with clinical forms of leprosy in Brazilian population.Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz · 2018Article
- Identification of novel genetic loci GAL3ST4 and CHGB involved in susceptibility to leprosy.Scientific reports · 2017Article
- A polymorphism in the haptoglobin, haptoglobin related protein locus is associated with risk of human sleeping sickness within Cameroonian populations.PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2017Article
- Influence ofNeuropsychiatric disease and treatment · 2017Article
- CFH Variants Affect Structural and Functional Brain Changes and Genetic Risk of Alzheimer's Disease.Neuropsychopharmacology : official publication of the American College of Neuropsychopharmacology · 2016Article
- Association of the LRRK2 genetic polymorphisms with leprosy in Han Chinese from Southwest China.Genes and immunity · 2015Article
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Abstract
Complement factor H (CFH) is an essential regulator in the homeostasis of the complement system that plays multiple roles in leprosy. We previously reported a preliminary association of CFH with leprosy, but potentially causal variants remain to be identified. In this study, we performed a fine-mapping association analysis in 1110 individuals (527 leprosy patients and 583 controls) followed by bioinformatic analyses. We identified no association of typical missense CFH variants with leprosy and factor H-binding protein was not detected in Mycobacterium leprae. However, robust associations (PBonferroni<0.003) of several CFH intronic tag single-nucleotide polymorphisms with leprosy were observed. Expression quantitative trait locus analysis showed that these leprosy-protective alleles were associated with higher CFH level and lower CFHR3 (complement factor H-related 3) level. Our results indicated that CFH variants may contribute to leprosy pathogenesis through altering CFH expression, leading to regulation of complement activity rather than mediating immune evasion by bacteria binding.
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