Supplement March 2004

Volume: 62, Number: 3

Table of contents

editorial

Genetic basis of host susceptibility to infections - Preface
B.M. de Jongh, S. de Marie, J.W.M. van der Meer, C.M.J.E. Vandenbroucke-Grauls, H.A. Verbrugh

articles

The role of mannose-binding lectin in health and disease
M.W. Turner
Toll-like receptors contribute to host responses against mycobacterial infection
M.J. Fenton, K.A. Heldwein
Human Fc receptor polymorphisms in relation to bacterial infection
T.W. Kuijpers
Genetic susceptibility to Neisseria meningitidis infections
M. Emonts, R. de Groot, P.W.M. Hermans
Genetics of type-1 cytokines in human intracellular infectious diseases: a spectrum of novel genetic deficiencies demonstrates the essential role of type-1 cytokines in immunity against nontuberculous mycobacteria, M. bovis BCG and salmonellae
T.H.M. Ottenhoff
NRAMP1 (SLC11A1) and vitamin D receptor genes: disease associations
K.P.W.J. McAdam
The role of interleukin 1 beta in Helicobacter pylori-associated disease
E.M. El-Omar
The role of polymorphisms in chemokines and chemokine receptors in the clinical course of HIV-1 infection
H. Schuitemaker, R. van Rij