Genetic factors adaptive in a malarial environment may increase the risk of type 1 diabetes遗传因素在疟疾环境中的自适应可能会增加1型糖尿病的风险

The article reports on a study which shows that genes connected with resistance to malaria are also involved to susceptibility to type 1 diabetes (T1D). It explores the common disease of modern populations that links to the genetic polymorphisms involved in adaptation to malaria endemia. It also considers two genetic systems in immune functions and compares the genetic differences between the malarial endemia in the lowlands and highlands of Sardinia, Italy.