Division of Molecular Biology and Human Genetics
???Primary Immunodeficiency Disease and Tuberculosis Susceptibility,
Genetic Research Group
Publications
- Schoeman M, Esser M M, Urban M F. (2015). Living with X-linked Agammaglobulinemia (XLA) in a developing country setting: Clinical and counselling considerations in an affected family. Current Allergy & Clinical Immunology, 28(1):54-59
- Eley, B., & Esser, M. (2014). Investigation and management of primary immunodeficiency in South African children. South African Medical Journal, 104(11), 793.
- Chimusa, E. R., Zaitlen, N., Daya, M., M?ller, M., van Helden, P. D., Mulder, N. J., ... & Hoal, E. G. (2014). Genome-wide association study of ancestry-specific TB risk in the South African Coloured population. Human molecular genetics, 23(3), 796-809.
- Salie, M., van der Merwe, L., M?ller, M., Daya, M., van der Spuy, G. D., van Helden, P. D., ... & Hoal, E. G. (2014). Associations between human leukocyte antigen class i variants and the Mycobacterium tuberculosis subtypes causing disease. Journal of Infectious Diseases, 209(2), 216-223.
- Daya, M., van der Merwe, L., van Helden, P. D., M?ller, M., & Hoal, E. G. (2014). The role of ancestry in TB susceptibility of an admixed South African population. Tuberculosis, 94(4), 413-420.
- Esser, M. (2012). Primary immunodeficiency-missed opportunities and treatment challenges: review article. Current Allergy & Clinical Immunology, 25(4), 184-188.
- Buldeo, S., Suchard, M., & Esser, M. (2012). Primary immunodeficiency diseases. CME: Your SA Journal of CPD: Immunology, 30(8), 278-281.
- Adams, L. A., M?ller, M., Nebel, A., Schreiber, S., van der Merwe, L., van Helden, P. D., & Hoal, E. G. (2011). Polymorphisms in MC3R promoter and CTSZ 3′ UTR are associated with tuberculosis susceptibility. European Journal of Human Genetics, 19(6), 676-681.
- De Wit, E., van der Merwe, L., van Helden, P. D., & Hoal, E. G. (2011). Gene-gene interaction between tuberculosis candidate genes in a South African population. Mammalian Genome, 22(1-2), 100-110.
- M?ller, M., Nebel, A., Van Helden, P. D., Schreiber, S., & Hoal, E. G. (2010). Analysis of eight genes modulating interferon gamma and human genetic susceptibility to tuberculosis: a case-control association study. BMC infectious diseases, 10(1), 154.
- M?ller, M., & Hoal, E. G. (2010). Current findings, challenges and novel approaches in human genetic susceptibility to tuberculosis. Tuberculosis, 90(2), 71-83.
- M?ller, M., De Wit, E., & Hoal, E. G. (2010). Past, present and future directions in human genetic susceptibility to tuberculosis. FEMS Immunology & Medical Microbiology, 58(1), 3-26.
- M?ller, M., Nebel, A., Valentonyte, R., van Helden, P. D., Schreiber, S., & Hoal, E. G. (2009). Investigation of chromosome 17 candidate genes in susceptibility to TB in a South African population. Tuberculosis, 89(2), 189-194.
- van Helden, P. D., M?ller, M., Babb, C., Warren, R., Walzl, G., Uys, P., & Hoal, E. (2007). TB epidemiology and human genetics. Innate Immunity to Pulmonary Infection, 155, 17.
- M?ller, M., Kwiatkowski, R., Nebel, A., van Helden, P. D., Hoal, E. G., & Schreiber, S. (2007). Allelic variation in BTNL2 and susceptibility to tuberculosis in a South African population. Microbes and Infection, 9(4), 522-528.
- M?ller, M., Nebel, A., Kwiatkowski, R., van Helden, P. D., Hoal, E. G., & Schreiber, S. (2007). Host susceptibility to tuberculosis: CARD15 polymorphisms in a South African population. Molecular and cellular probes, 21(2), 148-151.
- van Helden, P. D., M?ller, M., Babb, C., Warren, R., Walzl, G., Uys, P., & Hoal, E. (2007). TB epidemiology and human genetics. Innate Immunity to Pulmonary Infection, 155, 17.
- Hoal, E. G., Lewis, L. A., Jamieson, S. E., Tanzer, F., Rossouw, M., Victor, T., ... & Van Helden, P. D. (2004). SLC11A1 (NRAMP1) but not SLC11A2 (NRAMP2) polymorphisms are associated with susceptibility to tuberculosis in a high-incidence community in South Africa. The International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease, 8(12), 1464-1471.
- Rossouw, M., Nel, H. J., Cooke, G. S., Van Helden, P. D., & Hoal, E. G. (2003). Association between tuberculosis and a polymorphic NF-kB binding site in the interferon gamma gene.
- Cervino, A. C., Lakiss, S., Sow, O., Bellamy, R., Beyers, N., Hoal-van Helden, E., ... & Hill, A. V. (2002). Fine mapping of a putative tuberculosis-susceptibility locus on chromosome 15q11–13 in African families. Human molecular genetics, 11(14), 1599-1603.
- ?Hoal, E. G. (2002). Human genetic susceptibility to tuberculosis and other mycobacterial diseases. IUBMB life, 53(4‐5), 225-229.