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Khan M, Khan S, Lohani M, Ahmed MM, Sharma D, Ishrat R, Ahmad S, Sherwani S, Haque S, Bhagwath SS. Assessment of key regulatory genes and identification of possible drug targets for Leprosy (Hansen's disease) using network-based approach. Biotechnol Genet Eng Rev 2023:1-20. [PMID: 36696368 DOI: 10.1080/02648725.2023.2168509] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/07/2022] [Accepted: 01/10/2023] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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Leprosy is a major health concern and continues to be a source of fear and stigma among people worldwide. Despite remarkable achievements in the treatment, understanding of pathogenesis and transmission, epidemiology of leprosy still remains inadequate. The prolonged incubation period, slow rates of occurrence in those exposed and deceptive clinical presentation pose challenges to develop reliable strategies to stop transmission. Hence, there is a need for improved diagnostics and therapies to prevent mortality caused by leprosy. The objectives of this study are to identify significant genes from protein-protein interactions (PPIs) network of leprosy and to choose the most effective therapeutic targets. Fifty genes related with leprosy were discovered by literature mining. These genes were used to construct a primary network. Leading Eigen Vector method was used to break down the primary network into various sub-networks or communities. It was found that the primary network was divided into many sub-networks at the 6 levels. Seed genes were traced at each level till key regulatory genes were identified. Three seed genes, namely, GNAI3, NOTCH1, and HIF1A, were able to make their way till the final motif stage. These genes along with their interacting partners were considered key regulators of the leprosy network. This study provides leprosy-associated key genes which can lead to improved diagnosis and therapies for leprosy patients.
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- Mahvish Khan
- Department of Biology, College of Science, University of Ha'il, Ha'il, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Basic Dental and Medical Sciences, College of Dentistry, Ha'il University, Ha'il, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Emergency Medical Services, College of Applied Medical Sciences, Jazan University, Jazan, Saudi Arabia
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- Centre for Interdisciplinary Research in Basic Sciences, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi, India
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- Centre for Interdisciplinary Research in Basic Sciences, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi, India
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- Centre for Interdisciplinary Research in Basic Sciences, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi, India
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- Department of Clinical Laboratory Sciences, College of Applied Medical Sciences, University of Ha'il, Ha'il, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Biology, College of Science, University of Ha'il, Ha'il, Saudi Arabia
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- Research and Scientific Studies Unit, College of Nursing & Allied Health Sciences, Jazan University, Jazan, Saudi Arabia
- Gilbert and Rose-Marie Chagoury School of Medicine, Lebanese American University, Beirut, Lebanon
- Centre of Medical and Bio-Allied Health Sciences Research, Ajman University, Ajman, United Arab Emirates
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- Department of Basic Dental and Medical Sciences, College of Dentistry, Ha'il University, Ha'il, Saudi Arabia
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HLA-DPB1 and HLA-C alleles are associated with leprosy in a Brazilian population. Hum Immunol 2020; 82:11-18. [PMID: 33189423 DOI: 10.1016/j.humimm.2020.10.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/07/2020] [Revised: 10/21/2020] [Accepted: 10/21/2020] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Despite intense efforts, the number of new cases of leprosy has remained significantly high over the past 20 years. Host genetic background is strongly linked to the pathogenesis of this disease, which is caused by Mycobacterium leprae (M. leprae), and there is a consensus that the most significant genetic association with leprosy is attributed to the major histocompatibility complex (MHC). Here, we investigated the association of human leukocyte antigen (HLA) class I and II genes with leprosy in a Brazilian population encompassing 826 individuals from a hyperendemic area of Brazil; HLA typing of class I (-A, -B, -C) and class II (-DRB1, -DQA1, -DQB1, -DPA1, and -DPB1) loci was conducted. Initially, the associations were tested using the chi-square test, with p-values adjusted using the false discovery rate (FDR) method. Next, statistically significant signals of the associations were submitted to logistic regression analyses to adjust for sex and molecular ancestry data. The results showed that HLA-C*08, -DPB1*04, and -DPB1*18 were associated with protective effects, while HLA-C*12 and -DPB1*105 were associated with susceptibility to leprosy. Thus, our findings reveal new associations between leprosy and the HLA-DPB1 locus and confirm previous associations between the HLA-C locus and leprosy.
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Chetan R, Shailesh M. Mid borderline leprosy in type Bα Blaschko linear pattern: a rare phenomenon. Int J Dermatol 2018; 58:729-732. [PMID: 30345504 DOI: 10.1111/ijd.14274] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/19/2018] [Revised: 08/08/2018] [Accepted: 09/21/2018] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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INTRODUCTION Leprosy is a chronic granulomatous disease caused by M. leprae. It is a great imitator as it can manifest in different unusual and atypical ways. Mid borderline leprosy (BB) is an unstable form representing the immunologic midpoint in the clinical spectrum. CASE REPORT Here, we report a case of BB leprosy having classical inverted saucer-shaped lesions elsewhere on the body with a linear psoriasiform lesion over the left forearm following the lines of Blaschko. Biopsy from this lesion revealed granulomas consisting of equal admixture of epithelioid cells and macrophages without multinucleate giant cells suggesting mid borderline leprosy. CONCLUSION Occurrence of lesions in a Blaschko linear pattern supports the role of genetic susceptibility to leprosy. The genetically vulnerable cells along the lines of Blaschko were infected while the surrounding cells remained unaffected. This explains the concept of locus minoris resistentiae due to cutaneous mosaicism.
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- Rajput Chetan
- Department of Skin & VD, SBH Govt Medical College, Chakkarbardi, Dhule, Maharashtra, India
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- Department of Skin & VD, SBH Govt Medical College, Chakkarbardi, Dhule, Maharashtra, India
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Agrawal R, Kee AR, Ang L, Tun Hang Y, Gupta V, Kon OM, Mitchell D, Zierhut M, Pavesio C. Tuberculosis or sarcoidosis: Opposite ends of the same disease spectrum? Tuberculosis (Edinb) 2016; 98:21-6. [PMID: 27156614 DOI: 10.1016/j.tube.2016.01.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/28/2015] [Accepted: 01/09/2016] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Tuberculosis and sarcoidosis are chronic systemic diseases that have similar pulmonary and extra-pulmonary manifestations. Multiple studies have found an epidemiological, molecular, and immunological link between the two. It has been suggested that mycobacterium tuberculosis could be a common pathophysiologic mechanism for tuberculosis and sarcoidosis, and that both clinical entities can trigger similar immunological response in patients. Due to this close association, together with possible coexistence in the same patient, the diagnosis of one disease from another may be difficult. In our paper, we suggest that tuberculosis and sarcoidosis are two ends of the same spectrum. Given the pathophysiological and clinical link between the two, we also propose a classification system for tuberculosis and sarcoidosis: Sarcoidosis (S); Sarcoid-Tuberculous (ST); Tuberculous Sarcoid (TS) and Tuberculosis (TB). More research and clinical trials should first be done to affirm the link between the two disease entities.
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- Rupesh Agrawal
- Tan Tock Seng Hospital, National Healthcare Group Eye Institute, Singapore; Moorfields Eye Hospital, London, United Kingdom.
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- Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore.
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- Tan Tock Seng Hospital, National Healthcare Group Eye Institute, Singapore.
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- Tan Tock Seng Hospital, National Healthcare Group Eye Institute, Singapore.
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- Advanced Eye Centre, Post Graduate Institute of Ophthalmology, Chandigarh, India.
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- St Mary's Hospital, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, London, UK.
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de Souza-Santana FC, Marcos EVC, Nogueira MES, Ura S, Tomimori J. Human leukocyte antigen class I and class II alleles are associated with susceptibility and resistance in borderline leprosy patients from Southeast Brazil. BMC Infect Dis 2015; 15:22. [PMID: 25605482 PMCID: PMC4307149 DOI: 10.1186/s12879-015-0751-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/17/2014] [Accepted: 01/12/2015] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Evidence suggests that human leukocyte antigen (HLA) alleles influence the host immune response against Mycobacterium leprae. However, the association between HLA alleles and borderline (B) leprosy has not been studied. The aim of this study was to determine whether HLA class I and II molecules are associated with susceptibility or resistance to B leprosy including borderline-tuberculoid (BT), borderline-borderline (BB), and borderline-lepromatous (BL). METHODS DNA was obtained by the salting-out technique from the blood samples of 202 patients with B leprosy and 478 control subjects. HLA class I (A*, B*, and C* loci) and class II (DRB1* and DQB1* loci) genotypes were determined by polymerase chain reaction amplification and reverse hybridization with sequence-specific oligonucleotide probes and sequence-specific primers. RESULTS The case-controlled analysis results showed a significant association between B leprosy and HLA-C*05 (5.94% vs. 14.02%; p = 0.002, OR = 0.38, 95% CI = 0.20-0.73, pc = 0.032) and HLA-DRB1*07 (16.34% vs. 26.77%; p = 0.003, OR = 0.53, 95% CI = 0.3-0.8, pc = 0.039). A protective association was observed between BL leprosy and HLA-DQB1*02 (18.18% vs. 39.53%; p = 0.005, OR = 0.34, 95% CI = 0.15-0.75, pc = 0.025). In reactional patients, a significant association was observed between HLA-B*15 (28.72% vs. 12.76%; p = 0.011, OR = 2.75, 95% CI = 1.30-5.85, pc = 0.352) and predisposition to reversal reaction. Haplotype analysis showed that A*02-B*07-C*07-DRB1*15-DQB1*06 (2.97% vs. 1.04%; p = 0.015) and A*02-B*40-C*03-DRB1*13-DQB1*06 (1.73% vs. 0.10%; p = 0.0011) were associated with susceptibility to the B form. The presence of the HLA-DRB1*02 or HLA-DRB1*03/HLA-DQB1*01 haplotypes in B patients (22.05% vs. 33.0%; p = 0.005) suggested the involvement of these haplotypes in this clinical form of the disease. CONCLUSIONS The results indicate the involvement of HLA class I and class II molecules in B leprosy and reversal reactions; it also suggest a role for HLA in polarization of the disease in this group of patients.
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- Fabiana Covolo de Souza-Santana
- Immunogenetics Laboratory, Instituto Lauro de Souza Lima, Rod. Cte João Ribeiro de Barros, km 225/26, Bauru, SP, CEP: 17039-800, Brazil.
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- Immunogenetics Laboratory, Instituto Lauro de Souza Lima, Rod. Cte João Ribeiro de Barros, km 225/26, Bauru, SP, CEP: 17039-800, Brazil.
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- Immunology Laboratory, Instituto Lauro de Souza Lima, Rod. Cte João Ribeiro de Barros, km 225/26, Bauru, SP, CEP: 17039-800, Brazil.
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- Department of Education and Research, Instituto Lauro de Souza Lima, Rod. Cte João Ribeiro de Barros, km 225/26, Bauru, SP, CEP: 17039-800, Brazil.
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- Department of Dermatology, Federal University of São Paulo, UNIFESP, Av. Borges Lagoa, 598, São Paulo, SP, CEP: 04038-000, Brazil.
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Jarduli LR, Sell AM, Reis PG, Sippert EÂ, Ayo CM, Mazini PS, Alves HV, Teixeira JJV, Visentainer JEL. Role of HLA, KIR, MICA, and cytokines genes in leprosy. BIOMED RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL 2013; 2013:989837. [PMID: 23936864 PMCID: PMC3722889 DOI: 10.1155/2013/989837] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/20/2013] [Revised: 05/16/2013] [Accepted: 06/05/2013] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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Many genes including HLA, KIR, and MICA genes, as well as polymorphisms in cytokines have been investigated for their role in infectious disease. HLA alleles may influence not only susceptibility or resistance to leprosy, but also the course of the disease. Some combinations of HLA and KIR may result in negative as well as positive interactions between NK cells and infected host cells with M. leprae, resulting in activation or inhibition of NK cells and, consequently, in death of bacillus. In addition, studies have demonstrated the influence of MICA genes in the pathogenesis of leprosy. Specifically, they may play a role in the interaction between NK cells and infected cells. Finally, pro- and anti-inflammatory cytokines have been influencing the clinical course of leprosy. Data from a wide variety of sources support the existence of genetic factors influencing the leprosy pathogenesis. These sources include twin studies, segregation analyses, family-based linkage and association studies, candidate gene association studies, and, most recently, genome-wide association studies (GWAS). The purpose of this brief review was to highlight the importance of some immune response genes and their correlation with the clinical forms of leprosy, as well as their implications for disease resistance and susceptibility.
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- Luciana Ribeiro Jarduli
- Program of Biosciences Applied to Pharmacy, Department of Clinical Analysis and Biomedicine, Maringa State University, Avenida Colombo 5790, 87020-900 Maringá, PR, Brazil
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- Basic Health Sciences Department, Maringa State University, Avenida Colombo 5790, 87020-900 Maringá, PR, Brazil
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- Program of Biosciences Applied to Pharmacy, Department of Clinical Analysis and Biomedicine, Maringa State University, Avenida Colombo 5790, 87020-900 Maringá, PR, Brazil
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- Program of Biosciences Applied to Pharmacy, Department of Clinical Analysis and Biomedicine, Maringa State University, Avenida Colombo 5790, 87020-900 Maringá, PR, Brazil
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- Program of Biosciences Applied to Pharmacy, Department of Clinical Analysis and Biomedicine, Maringa State University, Avenida Colombo 5790, 87020-900 Maringá, PR, Brazil
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- Program of Biosciences Applied to Pharmacy, Department of Clinical Analysis and Biomedicine, Maringa State University, Avenida Colombo 5790, 87020-900 Maringá, PR, Brazil
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- Program of Biosciences Applied to Pharmacy, Department of Clinical Analysis and Biomedicine, Maringa State University, Avenida Colombo 5790, 87020-900 Maringá, PR, Brazil
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- Program of Biosciences Applied to Pharmacy, Department of Clinical Analysis and Biomedicine, Maringa State University, Avenida Colombo 5790, 87020-900 Maringá, PR, Brazil
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Shinde V, Marcinek P, Rani DS, Sunder SR, Arun S, Jain S, Nath I, Thangaraj K, Velavan TP, Valluri VL. Genetic evidence of TAP1 gene variant as a susceptibility factor in Indian leprosy patients. Hum Immunol 2013; 74:803-7. [PMID: 23395648 DOI: 10.1016/j.humimm.2013.01.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/11/2012] [Revised: 12/07/2012] [Accepted: 01/14/2013] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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The heterodimeric transporter associated with antigen processing (TAP) gene loci is known to play a vital role in immune surveillance. We investigated a possible association of gene polymorphisms both in TAP1 and TAP2 in a cohort of clinically classified leprosy patients (n=222) and in ethnically matched controls (n=223). The TAP1 and TAP2 genes were genotyped for four single nucleotide polymorphisms TAP1 (rs1057141 Iso333Val and rs1135216 Asp637Gly) and TAP2 (rs2228396 Ala565Thr and rs241447 Ala665Thr) by direct sequencing and ARMS-PCR. The minor allele of TAP1 637G contributes to an increased risk to leprosy compared to controls (OR: 1.68, 95% CI 1.2-2.36, P=0.0057). An increased risk for the variant minor allele of the TAP1 637G to multibacillary (BL+LL) or paucibacillary (BT+TT) infections was also observed [multibacillary vs. controls (OR: 1.56, 95% CI 1.07-2.28, P=0.054); paucibacillary vs. controls (OR: 1.92, 95% CI 1.21-3.01, P=0.013)]. In the dominant model, the genotypes of the TAP1 rs1135216AG+GG additionally contributed to an increased risk. Overall our findings demonstrate that the TAP1 gene variant (rs1135216 Asp637Gly) influences the susceptibility to clinically classified leprosy patients in Indian population.
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Franceschi DSA, Tsuneto LT, Mazini PS, Sacramento WSD, Reis PG, Rudnick CCC, Clementino SL, Sell AM, Visentainer JEL. Class-I human leukocyte alleles in leprosy patients from Southern Brazil. Rev Soc Bras Med Trop 2012; 44:616-20. [PMID: 22031078 DOI: 10.1590/s0037-86822011000500018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/18/2011] [Accepted: 06/09/2011] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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INTRODUCTION The present study was designed to investigate a possible role of HLA (histocompatibility leucocyte antigen) class-I alleles (HLA-A, -B, and -C) in leprosy patients from Southern Brazil. METHODS Two hundred and twenty-five patients with leprosy and 450 individuals for the control group were involved in this research. HLA genotyping was performed through PCR-SSO protocols (One Lambda, USA); the frequency of these alleles was calculated in each group by direct counting, and the frequencies were then compared. RESULTS There was an association between HLA-A*11 (6.9% vs 4.1%, p=0.0345, OR=1.72, 95% CI=1.05-2.81), HLA-B*38 (2.7% vs. 1.1%, p=0.0402, OR=2.44, 95% CI=1.05-5.69), HLA-C*12 (9.4% vs. 5.4%, p=0.01, OR=1.82, 95% CI=1.17-2.82), and HLA-C*16 (3.1% vs. 6.5%, p=0.0124, OR=0.47, 95% CI=0.26-0.85) and leprosy per se. In addition, HLA-B*35, HLA-C*04, and HLA-C*07 frequencies were different between lepromatous (LL) and tuberculoid (TT) patients. However, after adjusting for the number of alleles compared, Pc values became nonsignificant. CONCLUSIONS Although our results do not support the previous findings that HLA class-I alleles play a role in leprosy pathogenesis, we suggest new studies because of the importance of the association between the HLA and KIR in the innate immune response to leprosy.
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do Sacramento WS, Mazini PS, Franceschi DAS, de Melo FC, Braga MA, Sell AM, Tsuneto LT, Visentainer JEL. Frequencies of MICA alleles in patients from southern Brazil with multibacillary and paucibacillary leprosy. Int J Immunogenet 2011; 39:210-5. [PMID: 22168250 DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-313x.2011.01074.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Leprosy is a chronic infectious disease caused by Mycobacterium leprae, which mainly affects the skin and nervous system. The disease has several clinical forms. This study investigated the MICA and HLA-B genes in 223 samples from leprosy patients and 201 samples from healthy individuals matched for age, gender and ethnical background. Of the patients, 153 had multibacillary, 45 paucibacillary and 25 indeterminate leprosy. The aim of this case-control study was to assess whether the MICA alleles influence susceptibility for leprosy or affect the subtype of the disease in a population of southern Brazil. There were significant differences in frequencies of the MICA*027 allele (4.7% vs 1.8%, P-value = 0.01, OR = 0.37; 95% CI = 0.16-0.85) between leprosy patients and controls, and of the MICA*010 (4.5% vs 1.6%, P-value = 0.05, OR = 0.35, 95% CI = 0.13-0.97) and MICA*027 alleles (4.7% vs 1.3%, P-value = 0.01; OR = 0.27; 95% CI = 0.09-0.79) between multibacillary leprosy patients and the control group. There were no significant differences in the frequency of MICA alleles between paucibacillary leprosy patients and controls. Thus, the MICA*027 allele is associated with a protective effect for leprosy per se, while the MICA*010 and MICA*027 alleles are associated with protection against multibacillary leprosy, the most severe clinical subtype.
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- W Sergio do Sacramento
- Laboratório de Imunogenética, Departamento de Ciências Básicas da Saúde, Universidade Estadual de Maringá, Maringá, PR, Brazil
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Cardoso CC, Pereira AC, de Sales Marques C, Moraes MO. Leprosy susceptibility: genetic variations regulate innate and adaptive immunity, and disease outcome. Future Microbiol 2011; 6:533-49. [PMID: 21585261 DOI: 10.2217/fmb.11.39] [Citation(s) in RCA: 73] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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The past few years have been very productive concerning the identification of genes associated with leprosy. Candidate gene strategies using both case-control and family-based designs, as well as large-scale approaches such as linkage and gene-expression genomic scans and, more recently, genome-wide association studies, have refined and enriched the list of genes highlighting the most important innate and adaptive immune pathways associated with leprosy susceptibility or resistance. During the early events of host-pathogen interaction identified genes are involved in pattern recognition receptors, and mycobacterial uptake (TLRs, NOD2 and MRC1), which modulate autophagy. Another gene, LTA4H, which regulates the levels of lipoxin A4 and possibly interacts with lipid droplet-related events, also plays a role in the early immune responses to Mycobacterium leprae. Together, the activation of these pathways regulates cellular metabolism upon infection, activating cytokine production through NF-κB and vitamin D-vitamin D receptor pathways, while PARK2 and LRRK2 participate in the regulation of host-cell apoptosis. Concomitantly, genes triggered to form and maintain granulomas (TNF, LTA and IFNG) and genes involved in activating and differentiating T-helper cells (HLA, IL10, as well as the TNF/LTA axis and the IFNG/IL12 axis) bridge immunological regulation towards adaptive immunity. Subtle variations in these genes, mostly single nucleotide polymorphisms, alter the risk of developing the disease or the severity of leprosy. Knowing these genes and their role will ultimately lead to better strategies for leprosy prevention, treatment and early diagnosis. Finally, the same genes associated with leprosy were also associated with autoimmune (Crohn's disease, rheumathoid arthritis, psoriasis) or neurodegenerative diseases (Parkinson's and Alzheimer's). Thus, information retrieved using leprosy as a model could be valuable to understanding the pathogenesis of other complex diseases.
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Lavado-Valenzuela R, José Bravo M, Junqueira-Kipnis AP, Ramos de Souza M, Moreno C, Alonso A, Liberman-Kipnis T, da Silva WD, Caballero A. Distribution of the HLA class II frequency alleles in patients with leprosy from the mid-west of Brazil. Int J Immunogenet 2011; 38:255-8. [PMID: 21599852 DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-313x.2010.00993.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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In an attempt to clarify the issue of genetic predisposition to leprosy, we examined the distribution of class II human leucocyte antigen variants (DR and DQ) in 70 patients from around the city of Goiânia, Brazil. Only two of the patients presented the tuberculoid form of the disease, whereas 17 fell into the lepromatous category; 51 were intermediate. The allele frequencies found were compared with those in a group of 77 healthy controls. We found an increased frequency of the HLA-DRB1*11 allele in patients with lepromatous leprosy compared with healthy controls (P=0.0132; RR=4.130, 95% Cl: 1.338 to 12.747). These results suggest that the DRB1*11 allele could be related with susceptibility to lepromatous leprosy in Brazil.
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- R Lavado-Valenzuela
- Servicio de Inmunología, Hospital Regional Universitario Carlos Haya, Avda Carlos Haya 82, Málaga, Spain
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Association of HLA-DRB1*0405 with resistance to multibacillary leprosy in Taiwanese. Hum Immunol 2010; 71:712-6. [DOI: 10.1016/j.humimm.2010.03.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/27/2009] [Revised: 03/12/2010] [Accepted: 03/22/2010] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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da Silva SA, Mazini PS, Reis PG, Sell AM, Tsuneto LT, Peixoto PR, Visentainer JEL. HLA-DR and HLA-DQ alleles in patients from the south of Brazil: markers for leprosy susceptibility and resistance. BMC Infect Dis 2009; 9:134. [PMID: 19698125 PMCID: PMC2746224 DOI: 10.1186/1471-2334-9-134] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/01/2008] [Accepted: 08/22/2009] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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Background Many epidemiological studies have shown that the genetic factors of the host play a role in the variability of clinical response to infection caused by M. leprae. With the purpose of identifying genes of susceptibility, the present study investigated the possible role of HLA-DRB1 and DQA1/DQB1 alleles in susceptibility to leprosy, and whether they account for the heterogeneity in immune responses observed following infection in a Southern Brazilian population. Methods One hundred and sixty-nine leprosy patients and 217 healthy controls were analyzed by polymerase chain reaction amplification and reverse hybridization with sequence-specific oligonucleotide probes and sequence-specific primers(One Lambda®, CA, USA). Results There was a positive association of HLA-DRB1*16 (*1601 and *1602) with leprosy per se (7.3% vs. 3.2%, P = 0.01, OR = 2.52, CI = 1.26–5.01), in accord with previous serological studies, which showed DR2 as a marker of leprosy. Although, HLA-DQA1*05 frequency (29.8% vs. 20.9%, P = 0.0424, OR = 1.61, CI = 1.09–2.39) was higher in patients, and HLA-DQA1*02 (3.0% vs. 7.5%, P = 0.0392, OR = 0.39, CI = 0.16 – 0.95) and HLA-DQA1*04 (4.0% vs. 9.1%, P = 0.0314, OR = 0.42, CI = 0.19 – 0.93) frequencies lower, P-values were not significant after the Bonferroni's correction. Furthermore, HLA-DRB1*1601 (9.0% vs. 1.8%; P = 0.0016; OR = 5.81; CI = 2.05–16.46) was associated with susceptibility to borderline leprosy compared to control group, and while HLA-DRB1*08 (11.2% vs. 1.2%; P = 0.0037; OR = 12.00; CI = 1.51 – 95.12) was associated with susceptibility to lepromatous leprosy, when compared to tuberculoid leprosy, DRB1*04 was associated to protection. Conclusion These data confirm the positive association of HLA-DR2 (DRB1*16) with leprosy per se, and the protector effect of DRB1*04 against lepromatous leprosy in Brazilian patients.
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- Samira A da Silva
- Departamento de Análises Clínicas, Universidade Estadual de Maringá, Paraná, Brazil.
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Vanderborght PR, Pacheco AG, Moraes ME, Antoni G, Romero M, Verville A, Thai VH, Huong NT, Ba NN, Schurr E, Sarno EN, Moraes MO. HLA-DRB1*04 and DRB1*10 are associated with resistance and susceptibility, respectively, in Brazilian and Vietnamese leprosy patients. Genes Immun 2007; 8:320-4. [PMID: 17396103 DOI: 10.1038/sj.gene.6364390] [Citation(s) in RCA: 56] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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The host genetic background has been considered one of the factors that influence leprosy outcome, a chronic infectious disease caused by Mycobacterium leprae. Genome scans demonstrated that the 6p21 region is associated with leprosy and a substantial number of population-based studies analyzing human leukocyte antigen (HLA) class II loci suggested association of HLA-DR with leprosy. However, some studies lacked robustness as they had limited power. Indeed, experimental designs require increased sample size to achieve adequate power, as well as replication studies with independent samples for confirmation of previous findings. In this work, we analyzed the influence of the HLA-DRB1 locus on leprosy susceptibility per se and disease type using a case-control design carried out in Brazilians (578 cases and 691 controls) and a replication study based on a family design in a Vietnamese population (n=194 families). The results showed that HLA-DRB1*10 is associated with susceptibility to leprosy and HLA-DRB1*04 is associated with resistance, both in the Brazilian and Vietnamese populations suggesting that these alleles play an important role in the activation of cellular immune responses against M. leprae.
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- P R Vanderborght
- Leprosy Laboratory, Department of Mycobacterioses, Oswaldo Cruz Institute, FIOCRUZ, Av. Brasil 4365, Manguinhos, Rio de Janeiro 21045-900, RJ, Brazil
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de Souza FC, Marcos EVC, Ura S, Opromolla PA, Nogueira MES. [Comparative study between the Mitsuda test and the human leukocyte antigens in leprosy patients]. Rev Soc Bras Med Trop 2007; 40:188-91. [PMID: 17568886 DOI: 10.1590/s0037-86822007000200008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/13/2006] [Accepted: 04/02/2007] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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In this study, we aimed to compare the Mitsuda skin test with the alleles HLA-DR2/HLA-DR3 and HLA-DQ1, in relation to the clinical forms of leprosy in 176 patients (50 TT, 50 LL and 76 B). The results obtained did not reveal any association between the Mitsuda reaction and the HLA alleles in the clinical forms isolated. However, when analyzed according to Mitsuda test response, a significant association was found between patients with negative Mitsuda reaction and HLA-DQ1 (p=0.002). No association was observed between positive Mitsuda reaction and the HLA-DR2/DR3 alleles. We concluded that the allele HLA-DQ1 has an important participation when there is no response to the Mitsuda test. We suggest that more specific studies should be developed on this allele.
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Lombard Z, Brune AE, Hoal EG, Babb C, Van Helden PD, Epplen JT, Bornman L. HLA class II disease associations in southern Africa. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2006; 67:97-110. [PMID: 16441480 DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-0039.2006.00530.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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Southern Africa harbors several population groups representing a diversity of gene pool origins. This provides a unique opportunity to study genetic disease predisposition in these populations against a common environmental background. Human leukocyte antigen (HLA) association studies of these populations could improve knowledge on inter-population variation and HLA-related disease susceptibility. The aim of this paper is to review HLA class II disease associations reported for southern African population groups, compare them with findings in other populations and identify those unique to southern Africa. A number of HLA class II disease associations appear to be unique to southern African populations. These include DRB1*14011 association with insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus susceptibility in the Xhosa and DRB1*10 and DQB1*0302 with rheumatoid arthritis susceptibility in the South African (SA) Indian and SA Coloreds, respectively. A noteworthy similarity in class II disease association was observed among southern African Caucasoid and their European parental populations. Unique HLA class II disease associations observed in southern Africa are consistent with the notion that unique environmental and natural selective factors have resulted in certain ethnic-specific HLA class II disease associations, while common HLA class II disease associations found across different populations support the notion that common diseases are caused by common, ancient alleles present in indigenous African populations.
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- Z Lombard
- Department of Biochemistry, University of Johannesburg, PO Box 524, Auckland Park 2006, South Africa
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Alves C, Vieira N, Meyer I, Alves CO, Toralles MBP, Oliveira MDFSP. Antígenos de histocompatibilidade humanos e dermatologia: da pesquisa para a prática clínica. An Bras Dermatol 2006. [DOI: 10.1590/s0365-05962006000100009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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A participação do sistema de histocompatibilidade humano (HLA: human leukocyte antigens) na patogênese das doenças auto-imunes é bem conhecida. Situado no braço curto do cromossomo 6, o sistema HLA se destaca por seu polimorfismo e por sua capacidade de conferir susceptibilidade ou proteção a diferentes enfermidades. Em Dermatologia, esse sistema desempenha papel importante na patogenia e história natural de várias doenças. A força e o tipo de associação variam com a dermatose e, algumas vezes, com o grupo étnico-racial estudado. O surgimento de métodos moleculares para tipificação dos alelos HLA e as recentes atualizações de sua nomenclatura têm contribuído para o melhor entendimento desse sistema. Infelizmente, essas informações não têm sido veiculadas de maneira adequada na literatura clínica, o que dificulta o entendimento da associação do HLA com as doenças cutâneas. Nesta revisão, são discutidos alguns aspectos do sistema HLA, métodos de detecção, nomenclatura e sua associação com vitiligo, pênfigo, psoríase, lúpus eritematoso, escabiose, leishmaniose cutânea, hanseníase, paracoccidioidomicose e dermatite atópica.
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- Crésio Alves
- Universidade Federal da Bahia; Hospital Universitário Edgard Santos, Brasil
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- Escola Bahiana de Medicina e Saúde Pública, Brasil
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Mira MT. Genetic host resistance and susceptibility to leprosy. Microbes Infect 2006; 8:1124-31. [PMID: 16513393 DOI: 10.1016/j.micinf.2005.10.024] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/11/2005] [Accepted: 10/19/2005] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Leprosy is a chronic infectious disease that affects 600,000 new individuals worldwide every year. This article summarizes some of the advances achieved over the past decades towards the description of the exact number, location and nature of the genetic variants responsible for the well established genetic component controlling leprosy susceptibility in humans.
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- Marcelo Távora Mira
- Pontifical Catholic University of Paraná, Graduate Program in Health Sciences, Rua Imaculada Conceição, 1155, CCBS, PPGCS, CEP 80215-901, Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil.
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Association of HLA and diseases is well known. Several population studies are available suggesting evidence of association of HLAs in more than 40 diseases. HLA found across various populations vary widely. Some of the reasons attributed for such variation are occurrence of social stratification based on geography, language and religion, consequences of founder effect, racial admixture or selection pressure due to environmental factors. Hence certain HLA alleles that are predominantly associated with disease susceptibility or resistance in one population may or may not show any association in other populations for the same disease. Despite of these limitations, HLA associations are widely studied across the populations worldwide and are found to be important in prediction of disease susceptibility, resistance and of evolutionary maintenance of genetic diversity. This review consolidates the HLA data on some prominent autoimmune and infectious diseases among various ethnic groups and attempts to pinpoint differences in Indian and other population.
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- Yogita Ghodke
- Bioprospecting Laboratory, Interdisciplinary School of Health Sciences, University of Pune, Pune, India
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Ottenhoff THM, Verreck FAW, Hoeve MA, van de Vosse E. Control of human host immunity to mycobacteria. Tuberculosis (Edinb) 2004; 85:53-64. [PMID: 15687028 DOI: 10.1016/j.tube.2004.09.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 135] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/27/2004] [Accepted: 09/27/2004] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Infection with Mycobacterium tuberculosis results in disease in 5-10% of exposed individuals, whereas the remainder controls infection effectively. Similar inter-individual differences in disease susceptibility are characteristic features of leprosy, typhoid fever, leishmaniasis and other chronic infectious diseases, including viral infections. Although the outcome of infection is influenced by many factors, it is clear that genetic host factors play an important role in controlling disease susceptibility to intracellular pathogens. Knowledge of the genes involved and their downstream cellular pathways will provide new insights for the design of improved and rationalized strategies to enhance host-resistance, e.g. by vaccination. In addition, this knowledge will aid in identifying better biomarkers of protection and disease, which are essential tools for the monitoring of vaccination and other intervention trials. The recent identification of patients with deleterious mutations in genes that encode major proteins in the type-1 cytokine (IL-12/IL23-IFN-gamma) axis, that suffered from severe infections due to otherwise poorly pathogenic mycobacteria (non-tuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) or M. bovis Bacille Calmette-Guerin (BCG)) or Salmonella species has revealed the major role of this system in innate and adaptive immunity to mycobacteria and salmonellae. Clinical tuberculosis has now been described in a number of patients with IL-12/IL23-IFN-gamma system defects. Moreover, unusual mycobacterial infections were reported in several patients with genetic defects in NEMO, a key regulatory molecule in the NFkappaB pathway. These new findings will be discussed since they provide further insights into the role of type-1 cytokines in immunity to mycobacteria, including M. tuberculosis.
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- Tom H M Ottenhoff
- Department Immunohematology and Blood Transfusion, Leiden University Medical Center, PO Box 9600, 2300 RC Leiden, The Netherlands.
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Our understanding of the variation in individual clinical responses to pathogens has become increasingly relevant, particularly in the face of new emerging epidemics as well as the increasing number of multi-drug-resistant organisms. An effective immune response to infection has contributed to the development of host genetic diversity through selective pressure, with an increasing number of studies characterizing the role that host genetics plays in disease susceptibility. Knowledge of the role host mechanisms play in the pathogenesis of infectious disease can contribute to the design of new therapeutic strategies. Rapid advances in the field of human genomics offer great opportunities for adopting this approach to find new insights into pathogenesis.
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- Shelley Segal
- Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics, University of Oxford, Oxford OX3 7BN, UK.
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Genetic resistance to infectious diseases is likely to involve a complex array of immune-response and other genes with variants that impose subtle but significant consequences on gene expression or protein function. We have gained considerable insight into the genetic determinants of HIV-1 disease, and the HLA class I genes appear to be highly influential in this regard. Numerous reports have identified a role for HLA genotype in AIDS outcomes, implicating many HLA alleles in various aspects of HIV disease. Here we review the HLA associations with progression to AIDS that have been consistently affirmed and discuss the underlying mechanisms behind some of these associations based on functional studies of immune cell recognition.
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- Mary Carrington
- Basic Research Program, SAIC-Frederick, Inc, National Cancer Institute, Frederick, Maryland 21702, USA.
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The ancient disease of leprosy can cause severe disability and disfigurement and is still a major health concern in many parts of the world. Only a subset of those individuals exposed to the pathogen will go on to develop clinical disease and there is a broad clinical spectrum amongst leprosy sufferers. The outcome of infection is in part due to host genes that influence control of the initial infection and the host's immune response to that infection. Identification of the host genes that influence host susceptibility/resistance will enable a greater understanding of disease pathogenesis. In turn, this should facilitate development of more effective therapeutics and vaccines. So far at least a dozen genes have been implicated in leprosy susceptibility and a genome-wide linkage study has lead to the identification of at least one positional candidate. These findings are reviewed here.
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- J Fitness
- Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics, University of Oxford, Roosevelt Drive, Oxford, UK.
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Before Robert Koch's work in the late nineteenth century, diseases such as tuberculosis and leprosy were widely believed to be inherited disorders. Heritability of susceptibility to several infectious diseases has been confirmed by studies in the twentieth century. Infectious diseases, old and new, continue to be an important cause of mortality worldwide. A greater understanding of disease processes is needed if more effective therapies and more useful vaccines are to be produced. As part of this effort, developments in genetics have allowed a more systematic study of the impact that the human genome and infectious disease have on each other.
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- G S Cooke
- Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics, University of Oxford, Roosevelt Drive, Oxford OX3 7BN, UK.
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Shaw MA, Donaldson IJ, Collins A, Peacock CS, Lins-Lainson Z, Shaw JJ, Ramos F, Silveira F, Blackwell JM. Association and linkage of leprosy phenotypes with HLA class II and tumour necrosis factor genes. Genes Immun 2001; 2:196-204. [PMID: 11477474 DOI: 10.1038/sj.gene.6363754] [Citation(s) in RCA: 76] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/20/2000] [Revised: 03/01/2001] [Accepted: 03/01/2001] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Previous analyses indicate major gene control of susceptibility to leprosy per se and the HLA class II region has been implicated in determining susceptibility and control of clinical phenotype. Segregation analysis using data from 76 Brazilian leprosy multi-case pedigrees (1166 individuals) supported a two locus model as the best fit: a recessive major gene and a recessive modifier gene(s) (single locus vs two locus model, P = 0.0007). Combined segregation and linkage analysis to the major locus, showed strong linkage to HLA class II (HLA-DQB1 P = 0.000002, HLA-DQA1 P = 0.000002, HLA-DRB1 P = 0.0000003) and tumour necrosis factor genes (TNF P = 0.00002, LTA P = 0.003). Extended transmission disequilibrium testing, using multiple affected family members, demonstrated that the common allele TNF*1 of the -308 promoter region polymorphism showed linkage and/or association with disease per se, at a high level of significance (P < 0.0001). Two locus transmission disequilibrium testing suggested susceptibility (TNF*1/LTA*2) and protective (TNF*2/LTA*2) haplotypes in the class iii region. Taken together the segregation and HLA analyses suggest the possibility of more than one susceptibility locus in the MHC.
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- M A Shaw
- Cambridge Institute for Medical Research, Wellcome Trust/MRC Building, Addenbrookes Hospital, Hills Road, Cambridge CB2 2XY,
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Sadeghi P, Dupree M, Carlson JA. Delay in diagnosis: indeterminate leprosy presenting with rheumatic manifestations. J Cutan Med Surg 2000; 4:26-9. [PMID: 10689224 DOI: 10.1177/120347540000400108] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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BACKGROUND Rheumatic complications are common in leprosy (Hansen's disease) and can be the primary complaint delaying accurate diagnosis. OBJECTIVE Such a case is reported here: a 61-year-old woman with indeterminate leprosy presented with symmetric arthritis and purpura. Despite biopsy and evaluation by several physicians, leprosy was not suspected. After 2 years of progressive symptoms, a second biopsy revealed lepromatous leprosy. CONCLUSION In this case, lack of clinical suspicion and unfamiliarity with the histology of indeterminate leprosy delayed diagnosis and treatment. Leprosy should be considered in the differential diagnosis of patients presenting with unusual rheumatic and persistent cutaneous manifestations.
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- P Sadeghi
- Division of Dermatology and Dermatopathology, Department of Pathology, Albany Medical College A-81, Albany, NY 12208, USA
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The development of genetic epidemiology methods using recent human genetic mapping information, together with the growing availability of candidate genes, has led to major advances in the identification of host genes involved in human infectious diseases. Within the past year, highlights include the mapping of a locus controlling the intensity of infection by Schistosoma mansoni, the demonstration that mutations in the interferon-gamma receptor 1 gene are causative of disseminated infection due to weakly pathogenic mycobacteria, and the identification, in the CCR5 gene, of a deletion which provides high protection against HIV-1 infection. The impact of these findings on the understanding of infectious disease pathogenesis and on the design of future preventive and therapeutic strategies should be considerable.
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- L Abel
- Institut National de la Santé Et de la Recherche Médicale, Mathematical and Statistical Modeling in Biology and Medicine, Centre Hospitalo-Universitaire Pitié-Salpêtrière, Paris, France. abel@biomath
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