Genetic susceptibility to meningococcal infection

Genetic susceptibility to invasive meningococcal disease: MBL2 structural polymorphisms revisited in a large case-control study and a systematic review

(2012) D. T. Bradley et al.   International Journal of Immunogenetics

Complete deficiency of the sixth complement component (C6Q0), susceptibility to Neisseria meningitidis infections and analysis of the frequencies of C6Q0 gene defects in South Africans

(2011) A. Orren et al.   CLINICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL IMMUNOLOGY

Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms in TLR9 Are Highly Associated with Susceptibility to Bacterial Meningitis in Children

(2011) M. S. Sanders et al.   CLINICAL INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Gene Expression and Promoter Region Polymorphisms of Interleukin-10 in Meningitis Patients

(2011) Serdar Öztuzcu et al.   Genetic Testing and Molecular Biomarkers

α-Defensins in human innate immunity

(2011) Robert I. Lehrer et al.   IMMUNOLOGICAL REVIEWS

The changing and dynamic epidemiology of meningococcal disease

(2011) Scott A. Halperin et al.   VACCINE

Neisseria meningitidis capsular polysaccharides induce inflammatory responses via TLR2 and TLR4-MD-2

(2010) Susu M. Zughaier   JOURNAL OF LEUKOCYTE BIOLOGY

Host genetics and outcome in meningococcal disease: a systematic review and meta-analysis

(2010) Matthijs C Brouwer et al.   LANCET INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Genome-wide association study identifies variants in the CFH region associated with host susceptibility to meningococcal disease

(2010) Sonia Davila et al.   NATURE GENETICS

The tumor necrosis factor polymorphism TNF (−308) is associated with susceptibility to meningococcal sepsis, but not with lethality*

(2009) Robert C. Read et al.   CRITICAL CARE MEDICINE

Interleukin-10: new perspectives on an old cytokine

(2009) David M. Mosser et al.   IMMUNOLOGICAL REVIEWS

A Novel Mutation in a Patient with a Deficiency of the Eighth Component of Complement Associated with Recurrent Meningococcal Meningitis

(2009) D. F. Arnold et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL IMMUNOLOGY

Molecular characterization of three new mutations causing C5 deficiency in two non-related families

(2009) Alberto López-Lera et al.   MOLECULAR IMMUNOLOGY

Neisseria meningitidis recruits factor H using protein mimicry of host carbohydrates

(2009) Muriel C. Schneider et al.   NATURE

CD14 C-159T and Toll-Like Receptor 4 Asp299Gly Polymorphisms in Surviving Meningococcal Disease Patients

(2009) Ariane Biebl et al.   PLoS One

Meningococcal interactions with the host

(2009) Etienne Carbonnelle et al.   VACCINE

A toll-like receptor 4 variant is associated with fatal outcome in children with invasive meningococcal disease

(2008) Joerg Faber et al.   ACTA PAEDIATRICA

Host genetic susceptibility to pneumococcal and meningococcal disease: a systematic review and meta-analysis

(2008) Matthijs C Brouwer et al.   LANCET INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Complement evasion by human pathogens

(2008) John D. Lambris et al.   NATURE REVIEWS MICROBIOLOGY