Search Results - "Ruge, Gerd"
-
1
Human genetic variant E756del in the ion channel PIEZO1 not associated with protection from severe malaria in a large Ghanaian study
Published in Journal of human genetics (01-01-2022)“…Recently, a common genetic variant E756del in the human gene PIEZO1 was associated with protection from severe malaria. Here, we performed a genetic…”
Get full text
Journal Article -
2
Genome-wide association study indicates two novel resistance loci for severe malaria
Published in Nature (London) (20-09-2012)“…A genome-wide association study in Ghana, West Africa, to identify genetic variants associated with malaria pathogenesis reveals two previously unknown loci on…”
Get full text
Journal Article -
3
The East African Community (EAC) mobile laboratory networks in Kenya, Burundi, Tanzania, Rwanda, Uganda, and South Sudan—from project implementation to outbreak response against Dengue, Ebola, COVID-19, and epidemic-prone diseases
Published in BMC medicine (09-07-2021)“…Abstract Background East Africa is home to 170 million people and prone to frequent outbreaks of viral haemorrhagic fevers and various bacterial diseases. A…”
Get full text
Journal Article -
4
TLR1 Variant H305L Associated with Protection from Pulmonary Tuberculosis
Published in PloS one (23-05-2016)“…Toll like receptors (TLR) are key elements of the innate immune response and involved in the recognition of pathogens. To test common and rare TLR variants…”
Get full text
Journal Article -
5
Endothelial protein C receptor gene variants not associated with severe malaria in ghanaian children
Published in PloS one (26-12-2014)“…Two recent reports have identified the Endothelial Protein C Receptor (EPCR) as a key molecule implicated in severe malaria pathology. First, it was shown that…”
Get full text
Journal Article -
6
The East African Community mobile laboratory network prepares for monkeypox outbreaks
Published in Journal of public health in Africa (21-06-2023)“…In response to the largest recorded monkeypox virus outbreak outside of endemic Central and Western Africa, the East African Community (EAC), in cooperation…”
Get full text
Journal Article -
7
Lack of Association of CD55 Receptor Genetic Variants and Severe Malaria in Ghanaian Children
Published in G3 : genes - genomes - genetics (01-03-2017)“…In a recent report, the cellular receptor CD55 was identified as a molecule essential for the invasion of human erythrocytes by , the causal agent of the most…”
Get full text
Journal Article -
8
Common variants at 11p13 are associated with susceptibility to tuberculosis
Published in Nature genetics (01-03-2012)“…Christian Meyer and colleagues follow a previously reported GWAS for tuberculosis susceptibility with association analyses using 1000 Genomes Project…”
Get full text
Journal Article -
9
Endothelial Protein C Receptor Gene Variants Not Associated with Severe Malaria in Ghanaian Children: e115770
Published in PloS one (01-12-2014)“…Background Two recent reports have identified the Endothelial Protein C Receptor (EPCR) as a key molecule implicated in severe malaria pathology. First, it was…”
Get full text
Journal Article -
10
Low frequency of deafness-associated GJB2 variants in Kenya and Sudan and novel GJB2 variants
Published in Human mutation (01-02-2004)“…A large proportion of non‐syndromic autosomal recessive deafness (NSARD) in many populations is caused by variants of the GJB2 gene. Here, the frequency of…”
Get full text
Journal Article -
11
Common variants at 11p13 are associated with susceptibility to tuberculosis
Published in Nature genetics (2012)Get full text
Journal Article -
12
An Interview with Chinese Legal Officials
Published in The China quarterly (London) (01-03-1975)“…The following interview took place in Canton on 13 May 1974, where my wife and I met five leading members of the Kwangtung Institute of Law and Political…”
Get full text
Journal Article -
13
Are the Russians Digging In? (Book Review)
Published in Problems of Communism (01-07-1962)Get full text
Book Review