Following their discovery in the early 1970s, classical human leukocyte antigen (HLA) loci
have been the prototypical candidates for genetic susceptibility to infectious disease …

Slc11a1 (formerly Nramp1) has many pleiotropic effects on macrophage (m) activation,
including regulation of the CXC chemokine KC, interleukin-1β (IL-1β), inducible nitric oxide …

Genetic epidemiology, including twin studies, provides robust evidence that genetic
variation in human populations contributes to susceptibility to infectious disease. One of the …

Leishmania species cause a spectrum of human diseases in tropical and subtropical
regions of the world. We have sequenced the 36 chromosomes of the 32.8-megabase …

(WTCCC2) consortia is provided in the Supplementary Note online. Author Contributions
FC, ADB, CEMG, J. Kere., A. Reis, JNB and RCT oversaw cohort collection for both the …

Ankylosing spondylitis is a common form of inflammatory arthritis predominantly affecting the
spine and pelvis that occurs in approximately 5 out of 1,000 adults of European descent …

Schizophrenia and bipolar disorder are two distinct diagnoses that share symptomology.
Understanding the genetic factors contributing to the shared and disorder-specific symptoms …

The strong organoborane Lewis acid B (C6F5) 3 catalyzes the hydrosilation (using R3SiH)
of aromatic and aliphatic carbonyl functions at convenient rates with loadings of 1− 4%. For …

Three experiments that document a powerful false memory effect in recall and recognition
are reported. Subjects studied lists of items related to critical nonpresented themes (eg …

Genetic factors have been implicated in stroke risk, but few replicated associations have
been reported. We conducted a genome-wide association study (GWAS) for ischemic stroke …