A genome wide association study of pulmonary tuberculosis susceptibility in Indonesians

2012114 citationsJournal Articlegold Open Access

Authors

Eileen Png · Genome Institute of Singapore

Bachti Alisjahbana · Padjadjaran University

Edhyana Sahiratmadja · Padjadjaran University

Sangkot Marzuki · Eijkman Institute for Molecular Biology

R.H.H. Nelwan · University of Indonesia

Yanina Balabanova · Samara Medical Institute Reaviz

Vladyslav Nikolayevskyy

Abstract

Mechanisms of immune defense suggested by some of the identified genes exhibit biological plausibility and may suggest novel pathways involved in the host containment of infection with TB.

Topics & Keywords

Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology interferon and immune responses RNA modifications and cancer

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Good health and well-being

Publication Details

Published in: BMC Medical Genetics

Volume 13, Issue 1, pp. 5-5

DOI: 10.1186/1471-2350-13-5

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