Congenital Zika Syndrome is associated with interferon alfa receptor 1
Tamiris Azamor, Daniela Prado Cunha, Andréa Marques Vieira da Silva, Ohanna Cavalcanti de Lima Bezerra, Marcelo Ribeiro Alves, Thyago Leal-Calvo, Fernanda S. G. Kehdy, Fernanda Saloum de Neves Manta, Thiago Gomes de Toledo-Pinto, Laís Pereira Ferreira, Elyzabeth Avvad Portari, Letícia da Cunha Guida, Leonardo Henrique Ferreira Gomes, Maria Elisabeth Lopes Moreira, Elizeu Fagundes de Carvalho, , Milton Ozório Moraes
The paper identifies a genetic variant in IFNAR1 associated with increased risk of Congenital Zika Syndrome and shows altered placental gene expression related to type I and III interferon imbalance.
Frontiers in Immunology · Nov 25, 2021Peer-reviewedGenetics