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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
2011-1-19
pubmed:abstractText
Plasmodium falciparum has exerted tremendous selective pressure on genes that improve survival in severe malarial infections. Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is an autoimmune disease that is six to eight times more prevalent in women of African descent than in women of European descent. Here we provide evidence that a genetic susceptibility to SLE protects against cerebral malaria. Mice that are prone to SLE because of a deficiency in Fc?RIIB or overexpression of Toll-like receptor 7 are protected from death caused by cerebral malaria. Protection appears to be by immune mechanisms that allow SLE-prone mice better to control their overall inflammatory responses to parasite infections. These findings suggest that the high prevalence of SLE in women of African descent living outside of Africa may result from the inheritance of genes that are beneficial in the immune control of cerebral malaria but that, in the absence of malaria, contribute to autoimmune disease.
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pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jan
pubmed:issn
1091-6490
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:day
18
pubmed:volume
108
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1122-7
pubmed:dateRevised
2011-7-20
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:21187399-African Continental Ancestry Group, pubmed-meshheading:21187399-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:21187399-Brain, pubmed-meshheading:21187399-Cytokines, pubmed-meshheading:21187399-DNA Primers, pubmed-meshheading:21187399-Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay, pubmed-meshheading:21187399-Erythrocytes, pubmed-meshheading:21187399-Female, pubmed-meshheading:21187399-Flow Cytometry, pubmed-meshheading:21187399-Genetic Predisposition to Disease, pubmed-meshheading:21187399-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:21187399-Lupus Erythematosus, Systemic, pubmed-meshheading:21187399-Malaria, Cerebral, pubmed-meshheading:21187399-Male, pubmed-meshheading:21187399-Mice, pubmed-meshheading:21187399-Mice, Inbred C57BL, pubmed-meshheading:21187399-Mice, Knockout, pubmed-meshheading:21187399-Organ Size, pubmed-meshheading:21187399-Plasmodium berghei, pubmed-meshheading:21187399-Receptors, IgG, pubmed-meshheading:21187399-Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction, pubmed-meshheading:21187399-Spleen, pubmed-meshheading:21187399-Survival Analysis, pubmed-meshheading:21187399-Toll-Like Receptor 7
pubmed:year
2011
pubmed:articleTitle
Genetic susceptibility to systemic lupus erythematosus protects against cerebral malaria in mice.
pubmed:affiliation
Laboratories of Immunogenetics, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Rockville, MD 20852, USA.
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