1. Reappraisal of known malaria resistance loci in a large multicenter study
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Malcolm E. Molyneux, Peter Siba, Andre Ndi, Valentina D. Mangano, Cao Quang Thai, Vysaul Nyirongo, Subulade A. Olaniyan, Angie Green, Mahamadou A. Thera, Timothy M. E. Davis, Síle F. Molloy, Kathryn Fitzpatrick, Giorgio Sirugo, Edith C. Bougouma, Chris Drakeley, Anthony Enimil, Angela Allen, Olukemi K. Amodu, Christina Hubbart, Nuno Sepúlveda, Nguyen Hoan Phu, M Jallow, Carolyne M. Ndila, Stanley Usen, Kimberly J. Johnson, Hugh Reyburn, Taane G. Clark, Dominic P. Kwiatkowski, Si Quang Le, Tobias O. Apinjoh, Kalifa Bojang, Jennifer R Evans, Michael D. Wilson, Lee Hart, Sophie Uyoga, Angeliki Kerasidou, Eric A. Achidi, Steve Allen, Kirk A. Rockett, Pascal Michon, Ivo Mueller, Anna E. Jeffreys, Belco Poudiougou, Anita Ghansah, Norbert Peshu, Fatoumatta Sisay-Joof, David Kachala, Sodiomon B. Sirima, David J. Conway, Geraldine M. Clarke, Regina N. Mugri, Moses Laman, Aaron Vanderwal, Miguel A. Sanjoaquin, Sibiry Sissoko, Ousmane Touré, Laurens Manning, Chris C. A. Spencer, Matti Pirinen, David Modiano, Sarah J. Dunstan, Harin Karunajeewa, Alexander Macharia, Tran Tinh Hien, Tsiri Agbenyega, Gavin Band, Kate Rowlands, Salimata Konate, Rachel Craik, L. Amenga-Etego, Nguyen Ngoc Quyen, Kwadwo A. Koram, Amadou Niangaly, Margaret Pinder, Alphaxard Manjurano, Terrie E. Taylor, Ogobara K. Doumbo, Eleanor M. Riley, Jeremy Farrar, Victoria Cornelius, Kevin Marsh, and Thomas N. Williams
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medicine.medical_specialty ,Genome-wide association study ,Glucosephosphate Dehydrogenase ,Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide ,Article ,Papua New Guinea ,Plasma Membrane Calcium-Transporting ATPases ,Polymorphism (computer science) ,ABO blood group system ,parasitic diseases ,Epidemiology ,Genetics ,medicine ,Humans ,Malaria, Falciparum ,Africa South of the Sahara ,Genetic Association Studies ,Disease Resistance ,biology ,Transmission (medicine) ,Case-control study ,Plasmodium falciparum ,medicine.disease ,biology.organism_classification ,3. Good health ,Glucosephosphate Dehydrogenase Deficiency ,Logistic Models ,Vietnam ,Genetic Loci ,Case-Control Studies ,Malaria - Abstract
Many human genetic associations with resistance to malaria have been reported, but few have been reliably replicated. We collected data on 11,890 cases of severe malaria due to Plasmodium falciparum and 17,441 controls from 12 locations in Africa, Asia and Oceania. We tested 55 SNPs in 27 loci previously reported to associate with severe malaria. There was evidence of association at P < 1 × 10(-4) with the HBB, ABO, ATP2B4, G6PD and CD40LG loci, but previously reported associations at 22 other loci did not replicate in the multicenter analysis. The large sample size made it possible to identify authentic genetic effects that are heterogeneous across populations or phenotypes, with a striking example being the main African form of G6PD deficiency, which reduced the risk of cerebral malaria but increased the risk of severe malarial anemia. The finding that G6PD deficiency has opposing effects on different fatal complications of P. falciparum infection indicates that the evolutionary origins of this common human genetic disorder are more complex than previously supposed.
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- 2014