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ReviewMicroarrays (Basel, Switzerland)2016

The Potentials and Pitfalls of Microarrays in Neglected Tropical Diseases: A Focus on Human Filarial Infections.

Alexander Kwarteng, Samuel Terkper Ahuno

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Review in Microarrays (Basel, Switzerland), 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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5 · Who and what money

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2 authors.

Alexander KwartengKumasi Centre for Collaborative Research in Tropical Medicine (KCCR), Private Mail Bag, Kwame Nkrumah University Science & Technology, KNUST, Kumasi 233, Ghana. senkwarteng@yahoo.co.uk.
Samuel Terkper AhunoDepartment of Biochemistry and Biotechnology, Kwame Nkrumah University Science & Technology, KNUST, Kumasi 233, Ghana. st.ahuno@outlook.com.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Data obtained from expression microarrays enables deeper understanding of the molecular signatures of infectious diseases. It provides rapid and accurate information on how infections affect the clustering of gene expression profiles, pathways and networks that are transcriptionally active during various infection states compared to conventional diagnostic methods, which primarily focus on single genes or proteins. Thus, microarray technologies offer advantages in understanding host-parasite interactions associated with filarial infections. More importantly, the use of these technologies can aid diagnostics and helps translate current genomic research into effective treatment and interventions for filarial infections. Studying immune responses via microarray following infection can yield insight into genetic pathways and networks that can have a profound influence on the development of anti-parasitic vaccines.

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filarialmicroarraysignaling pathwaystranscriptomicswhole blood

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PMID27600086
PMCPMC5040967

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