Open AccessRespiratory infection genetics
Author(s) -
Sorin Buzinschi,
Facultatea de Medicină Universitatea Transilvania Braşov
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
romanian journal of infectious diseases
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2069-6051
pISSN - 1454-3389
DOI - 10.37897/rjid.2016.2.7
Subject(s) - biology , proinflammatory cytokine , epigenetics , toll , immunity , genetics , immunology , evolutionary biology , gene , immune system , inflammation
Genetic epidemiology and twin studies argue that genetic differences contributes to evolution and gravity of infections. Changes of Toll-like Receptors, proinflammatory cytokines, immunity genes in different clinical situations confirms the importance of genetic factors and suggest the importance of nongenetic factors (epigenetic) in evolution and gravity of diseases.