Scientists compared genetic signatures in a variety of immune cells from men of European- and African-ancestry to show genetic ancestry affects immune-related gene expression pathways in a cell type specific manner.
A new study aimed at explaining differential susceptibility to viral epidemics reveals that ancestry and associated genetic variation can explain population-level differences in the immune response to the flu virus and perhaps also to COVID-19.
New research at the University of Chicago has found differences in immune pathway activation to influenza infection between individuals of European and African genetic ancestry.