Understanding human variation in infectious disease susceptibility through clinical and cellular GWAS.

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2013

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10.1371/journal.ppat.1003424

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Ko, Dennis C, and Thomas J Urban (2013). Understanding human variation in infectious disease susceptibility through clinical and cellular GWAS. PLoS Pathog, 9(8). p. e1003424. 10.1371/journal.ppat.1003424 Retrieved from https://hdl.handle.net/10161/11105.

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Dennis Ko

Associate Professor in Molecular Genetics and Microbiology

Using Pathogens to Decipher Genetic Variation Connecting Cell Biology and Disease Susceptibility
Despite improvements in public health, advancements in vaccines, and the development of many classes of antibiotics, infectious disease is still responsible for over a quarter of all deaths worldwide. However, even for the most devastating of pandemics, individuals demonstrate a large variability in the severity of infection. The long-term goal of the lab is to understand the genetic basis for differences in susceptibility to infection and related inflammatory disorders. We approach this question through a combination of experimental and computational approaches that combine high-throughput cell biology with quantitative human genetics. The identified genetic differences serve as the starting point for exploring new cell biology and human disease susceptibility genes.


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