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Genome-Wide Analysis of Protein-Coding Variants in Leprosy.

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A three-stage genome-wide association study of protein-coding variants in Han Chinese showed involvement of skin barrier and endocytosis/phagocyTosis/autophagy, in addition to known innate and adaptive immunity, in the pathogenesis of leprosy, highlighting the merits ofprotein-c coding variant studies for complex diseases.
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This article is published in Journal of Investigative Dermatology.The article was published on 2017-12-01 and is currently open access. It has received 33 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Genome-wide association study.

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A new hypothesis for Parkinson's disease pathogenesis: GTPase-p38 MAPK signaling and autophagy as convergence points of etiology and genomics.

TL;DR: A novel hypothesis for a more comprehensive working model where autophagy is controlled by upstream pathways, such as GTPase-p38, that have been so far underexplored in this context is proposed.
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Advances in the Immunology and Genetics of Leprosy

TL;DR: In this context, advances in both the immunology and genetics of leprosy are summarized and the perspective of the combination of immunological and genetic approaches in studying the molecular mechanism ofLeprosy pathogenesis is discussed.
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Genetics of leprosy: today and beyond

TL;DR: The overlap of the genetic control in leprosy with Parkinson’s disease and inflammatory bowel disease is discussed and the findings make leproSy a good model for the study of complex immune-mediated diseases.
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Human genetics of mycobacterial disease

TL;DR: Some of the findings achieved by genome-wide linkage, association and transcriptome analyses in TB disease and leprosy and the recent genetic findings for BU susceptibility are summarized.
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