Toxoplasmosis and Polygenic Disease Susceptibility Genes: Extensive Toxoplasma gondii Host/Pathogen Interactome Enrichment in Nine Psychiatric or Neurological Disorders

Toxoplasma gondii is not only implicated in schizophrenia and related disorders, but also in Alzheimer's or Parkinson's disease, cancer, cardiac myopathies, and autoimmune disorders. During its life cycle, the pathogen interacts with ~3000 host genes or proteins. Susceptibility genes for m...

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Main Author: C. J. Carter
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2013-01-01
Series:Journal of Pathogens
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/965046