Calculated risk: a new single-nucleotide polymorphism linked to severe influenza disease

Clear links between human genes and susceptibility to influenza disease are scarce. A recent study uncovers a gene variant coupled to severe influenza, and shows how it hampers the expression of an antiviral gene that is key to immune cell survival.

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Veröffentlicht in:Nature medicine 2017-08, Vol.23 (8), p.911-912
Hauptverfasser: Eisfeld, Amie J, Kawaoka, Yoshihiro
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:Clear links between human genes and susceptibility to influenza disease are scarce. A recent study uncovers a gene variant coupled to severe influenza, and shows how it hampers the expression of an antiviral gene that is key to immune cell survival.
ISSN:1078-8956
1546-170X
DOI:10.1038/nm.4383