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Article: NRAMPI and vitamin D receptor genes shed light on disease associations.
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- Genomics & Genetics Weekly
- Article date:
- June 11, 2004
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2004 JUN 11 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- NRAMPI (SLCIIAI) and vitamin D receptor genes can shed light on disease associations and lead to new drugs and vaccines.
"Resistance to infectious diseases is complex, being regulated by multiple genes, and so far no one locus has been shown to dominate the susceptibility in outbred human populations. Multi-case families have contributed greatly to defining important host immune response pathways using a candidate gene approach," a researcher in Gambia reported.
"It is likely that genome scans will identify novel genes for resistance to disease that could help define new approaches to drug and vaccine ...