Association of Fcgamma receptor IIa (CD32) polymorphism with severe malaria in West Africa.
Malaria continues to claim the lives of more children worldwide than any other infectious disease, and improved understanding of disease immunology is a priority for the development of new therapeutic and vaccination strategies. FcgammaRIIa (CD32) contains a polymorphic variant (H/R131) that has bee...
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| author | Cooke, G Aucan, C Walley, A Segal, S Greenwood, B Kwiatkowski, D Hill, A |
| author_facet | Cooke, G Aucan, C Walley, A Segal, S Greenwood, B Kwiatkowski, D Hill, A |
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| description | Malaria continues to claim the lives of more children worldwide than any other infectious disease, and improved understanding of disease immunology is a priority for the development of new therapeutic and vaccination strategies. FcgammaRIIa (CD32) contains a polymorphic variant (H/R131) that has been associated with variability in susceptibility to both bacterial diseases and Plasmodium falciparum parasitemia. We investigated the role of this polymorphism in West Africans with mild and severe malarial disease. The HH131 genotype was significantly associated with susceptibility to severe malaria (P = 0.03, odds ratio = 1.40, 95% confidence interval = 1.02-1.91). In contrast to studies of parasitemia, the presence of the R131 allele, rather than the RR131 genotype, appeared to be the important factor in protection from disease. This is the first evidence for an association between CD32 polymorphism and severe malaria and provides an example of balancing selective pressures from different infectious diseases operating at the same genetic locus. |
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| spelling | oxford-uuid:28894e0f-9c86-40be-82be-63583935c6672022-03-26T12:13:26ZAssociation of Fcgamma receptor IIa (CD32) polymorphism with severe malaria in West Africa.Journal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_dcae04bcuuid:28894e0f-9c86-40be-82be-63583935c667EnglishSymplectic Elements at Oxford2003Cooke, GAucan, CWalley, ASegal, SGreenwood, BKwiatkowski, DHill, AMalaria continues to claim the lives of more children worldwide than any other infectious disease, and improved understanding of disease immunology is a priority for the development of new therapeutic and vaccination strategies. FcgammaRIIa (CD32) contains a polymorphic variant (H/R131) that has been associated with variability in susceptibility to both bacterial diseases and Plasmodium falciparum parasitemia. We investigated the role of this polymorphism in West Africans with mild and severe malarial disease. The HH131 genotype was significantly associated with susceptibility to severe malaria (P = 0.03, odds ratio = 1.40, 95% confidence interval = 1.02-1.91). In contrast to studies of parasitemia, the presence of the R131 allele, rather than the RR131 genotype, appeared to be the important factor in protection from disease. This is the first evidence for an association between CD32 polymorphism and severe malaria and provides an example of balancing selective pressures from different infectious diseases operating at the same genetic locus. |
| spellingShingle | Cooke, G Aucan, C Walley, A Segal, S Greenwood, B Kwiatkowski, D Hill, A Association of Fcgamma receptor IIa (CD32) polymorphism with severe malaria in West Africa. |
| title | Association of Fcgamma receptor IIa (CD32) polymorphism with severe malaria in West Africa. |
| title_full | Association of Fcgamma receptor IIa (CD32) polymorphism with severe malaria in West Africa. |
| title_fullStr | Association of Fcgamma receptor IIa (CD32) polymorphism with severe malaria in West Africa. |
| title_full_unstemmed | Association of Fcgamma receptor IIa (CD32) polymorphism with severe malaria in West Africa. |
| title_short | Association of Fcgamma receptor IIa (CD32) polymorphism with severe malaria in West Africa. |
| title_sort | association of fcgamma receptor iia cd32 polymorphism with severe malaria in west africa |
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