Human Genetic Susceptibility to Tropical Infectious Diseases

人类对热带传染病的遗传易感性

• 批准号: 7662736
• 负责人: John Leake
• 金额: $ 12.66万
• 依托单位: UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2009
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2009-03-01 至 2012-02-29
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/7662736
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DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): We propose to investigate specific and whole-genome level human genetic polymorphisms associated with severe leptospirosis infection. Leptospirosis is a disease of major importance throughout tropical and sub-tropical regions. Its polarized (<5% severe/fatal vs. usually non-severe) clinical features make it an ideal model for phenotype-genotype comparisons. While most patients with leptospirosis recover uneventfully, a minority develop hepatic, renal, and hemorrhagic manifestations, and some die despite intensive care and specific antimicrobial therapy. A rodent model of leptospirosis demonstrates that hypofunctional TLR4 predisposes to severe disease, but confirmation of this finding and exploration of genome-wide associations will be important in humans in whom multifactorial genetic susceptibility are most likely. The candidate is a pediatric infectious disease physician and former Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Epidemic Intelligence Service Officer with substantial field expertise in tropical infectious diseases seeking to acquire career skills focused on genetic susceptibility to severe infectious disease outcomes. He will greatly benefit from dual mentorship provided by Dr. Joseph Vinetz, physician-scientist and K24/R01-supported tropical medicine investigator, and Dr. Nicholas Schork, statistical genetics expert and recent co-recipient of an NIH Clinical Translational Science Award at the Scripps Translational Research Unit/former Co-Director of the UCSD Center for Human Genetics and Genomics. The candidate will take advantage of advanced clinical research programs at UCSD including the GCRC, the Genomics Center, and the Genetic Polymorphism Laboratory which function within ongoing NIH-funded training grants and international research projects. We seek a) to compare TLR2 and TLR4 (and adaptor protein) genotypes among severely and mildly infected leptospirosis patients and b) to determine genome-wide associations with leptospirosis outcome using high-density single nucleotide polymorphism microarray and haplotype analysis to characterize genomic variation associated with severe disease. Both of these approaches are promising leads toward further translational research and improved diagnostic, therapeutic, and preventive strategies. RELEVANCE: This project will provide a means to investigate mechanisms of leptospirosis pathogenesis and will serve as a superb research training mechanism based on the hypothesis that severe infectious disease susceptibility is attributable to specific defects in innate immune detection and signaling and also due to currently uncharacterized genomic variation.

描述（由申请人提供）：我们建议研究与严重钩端螺旋体病感染相关的特异性和全基因组水平的人类遗传多态性。钩端螺旋体病是热带和亚热带地区的一种重要疾病。其极化（<5%严重/致命vs.通常非严重）的临床特征使其成为表型-基因型比较的理想模型。虽然大多数钩端螺旋体病患者都能顺利康复，但少数患者会出现肝脏、肾脏和出血症状，有些患者尽管接受了重症监护和特异性抗菌治疗，但仍会死亡。钩端螺旋体病的啮齿动物模型表明，功能低下的TLR4易患严重疾病，但确认这一发现和探索全基因组关联对于最有可能发生多因素遗传易感性的人类将是重要的。该候选人是一名儿科传染病医生和前疾病控制和预防中心流行病情报处官员，在热带传染病领域具有丰富的专业知识，寻求获得专注于严重传染病结果的遗传易感性的职业技能。他将从Joseph Vinetz博士（内科科学家和K24/ r01支持的热带医学研究者）和Nicholas Schork博士（统计遗传学专家，最近在Scripps转化研究单位获得美国国立卫生研究院临床转化科学奖）和UCSD人类遗传学和基因组学中心前联合主任)的双重指导下大大受益。候选人将利用加州大学圣地亚哥分校的先进临床研究项目，包括GCRC、基因组学中心和遗传多态性实验室，这些项目在正在进行的美国国立卫生研究院资助的培训经费和国际研究项目中发挥作用。我们寻求a)比较重度和轻度感染的钩端螺旋体病患者的TLR2和TLR4（和接头蛋白）基因型，b)利用高密度单核苷酸多态性微阵列和单倍型分析来确定与钩端螺旋体病结局的全基因组关联，以表征与严重疾病相关的基因组变异。这两种方法都有望导致进一步的转化研究和改进的诊断、治疗和预防策略。