Human genetics of infectious diseases
Recent publications
Xiaofei Kong, Xinxin Zhang*, Yingyan Yu et al. No mutation was found in the alpha-subunit of the mitochondrial trifunctional protein in one patient of severe acute fatty liver of pregnancy and her relatives. J Gastroenterolgy & Hepatology 2007 Dec;22(12):2107-11.
Kong XF, Zhang XX*, Gong QM, Gao J, Zhang SY, Wang L, Xu J, Han Y, Jin GD, Jiang JH, Zhang DH, Lu ZM. MxA Induction May Predict Sustained Virologic Responses of Chronic Hepatitis B Patients with IFN-alpha Treatment. J Interferon Cytokine Res. 2007 Sep;27(9):809-818.
Xiao-Fei Kong, Jing Ye, De-Yong Gao, Qi-Ming Gong, Dong-Hua, Zhang, Zhi-Meng Lu, Yi-Ming Lu and Xin-Xin Zhang*. Identification of a Ferrochelatase Mutation in a Chinese Family with Erythropoietic Protoporphyria. J Hepatology 2008, 48:375-379.(IF 6.07)
Zhi-Tao Yang, Xin-Xin Zhang*, Xiao-Fei Kong, Dong-Hua Zhang, Shen-Ying Zhang, Jie-Hong Jiang, Qi-Ming Gong, Gen-Di Jin, Zhi-Meng Lu. Polymorphisms of microsomal triglyceride transfer protein in different hepatitis B virus infected patients. World J Gastroenterology 2008;14(35):5454-5460.
De-Yong Gao, Xin-Xin Zhang*, Gang Hou, Gen-Di Jin, Qiang Deng, Xiao-Fei Kong, Dong-Hua Zhang, Yun Ling, De-Min Yu, Qi-Ming Gong, Qin Zhan, Bi-Lian Yao and Zhi-Meng Lu. Assessment of specific antibodies to F protein in sera of Chinese hepatitis C patients treated with interferon plus ribavarin. J Clinical Microbiology 2008; vol 46(11):3746-3751.
Casanova JL, Fieschi C, Zhang SY, Abel L. Revisiting human primary immunodeficiencies. J Intern Med. 2008;264:115-27
de Beaucoudrey L and al. Mutations in STAT3 and IL12RB1 impair the development of human IL-17-producing T cells. J Exp Med. 2008;205:1543-50.
von Bernuth H and al. Pyogenic bacterial infections in humans with MyD88 deficiency. Science 2008;321:691-6
Alcais A and al. Stepwise replication identifies a low-producing lymphotoxin-alpha allele as a major risk factor for early-onset leprosy. Nature Genetics 2007;39:517-22
Casanova JL and Abel L. Human genetics of infectious diseases: a unified theory.The EMBO Journal 2007;26:915-22
Casanova JL and Abel L. Primary immunodeficiencies: a field in its infancy. Science 2007; 317:617-9
Ranque B and al. Genomewide linkage analysis of the granulomatous mitsuda reaction implicates chromosomal regions 2q35 and 17q21. J Infect Dis. 2007;196:1248-52
Zhang SY and al. TLR3 deficiency inpatients with herpes simplex encephalitis. Science 2007;317:1522-7
Ku CL and al. Selective predisposition to bacterial infections in IRAK-4-deficient children: IRAK-4-dependent TLRs are otherwise redundant in protective immunity.The Journal of Experimental Medicine 2007;204:2407-22
Ranque B and al. Age is an important risk factor for onset and sequelae of reversal reactions in Vietnamesepatients with leprosy. Clin Infect Dis. 2007 Jan;44:33-40
