Ancient familial Mediterranean fever mutations in human pyrin and resistance to Yersinia pestis
Park YH, et al.
Nat Immunol · 2020
Grade Abasic research
Key Findings
- ●FMF-associated pyrin mutations confer resistance to Yersinia pestis
- ●Explains high carrier frequencies via heterozygote advantage
Referenced in (1 disease)
ID: pmid-32601469DOI: 10.1038/s41590-020-0705-6PMID: 32601469