Interplay between the host genome, autoimmune disease and infection.

Abstract

Throughout human history, pathogens have exerted great pressure on human genome that have defined susceptibility to both infectious and autoimmune diseases. This is possible because both type of conditions share susceptibility loci. The emergence of novel technologies that improves the genome analysis has greatly enhanced our ability to characterize in deeper the genetic architecture of human susceptibility to infectious diseases and autoimmune conditions. These genetic data sets identify outstanding informative overlaps that point to genetic modulation of immune function and inflammatory responses that affects both types of conditions. In this work, we revised single nucleotide polymorphisms and other genetic variations shared between these two categories of disease.