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           Table 4: Microsatellite loci scanning using BALB/C,   The Herpes virus genus (Herpesviridae) is among the
           DBA-2 and C57BL/6 inbred mice                      enveloped, linear,  double-stranded DNA  viruses that
            Microsatellite      Susceptible        Tolerant   widely exist in nature. Approximately 100 HSV species
            loci             BALB/C     DBA-2     C57BL/6     have  already  been  identified  or  partially  identified.
            D17MIT245.1        194        200       202       Among them, two HSV species, SV-1 and HSV-2, that
            D17MIT143.2        112        112       112
            D17MIT46           218        208       236       share 50% homology,  have been closely associated
            D17MIT146.1        166        166       166       with humans. According  to statistics provided  by the
            D17MIT51.1         152        152       154
            D17MIT10.1         155        149       155       WHO,  approximately 70% of  the total population
            D17MIT180.1        139        139       137
            D17MIT20.1         163        163       175       worldwide carries HSV antibodies and more than one-
            D17MIT184          126        126       128       third suffers from recurrent HSV infection. Along with
            D17MIT93.1         155        169       155
            D17MIT39.1         86         86        104       its high prevalence rate, a variety of human diseases
            D17MIT122.1        141        123       141       are closely related with HSV infection, including human
           Microsatellite loci with difference were marked in bold
                                                              herpes labialis, herpes conjunctivitis, 20 herpes zoster
           been reports suggesting that the genetic background   encephalitis and other diseases causing great harm to

           might play an important role. [1,6-8]  The causative factors   human health. HSV encephalitis is the most common,
           for different responses  to infection,  the possible   sporadic, viral encephalitis, accounting for  10-20%
           ways of  intervention, the revolutionary changes of   of acute, viral, encephalitis  and 60-80% of natural
           infection prevention, and the control that resulted from   mortality.  Understanding  the  complex  and  specific
           those changes have aroused great interest among    characteristics of HSV infection-related diseases has
           the  scientific  community.  In  this  study,  we  analyzed   been a scientifically and socially pressing need that has
           the genetic background that  contributes to  the HSV   led  to  overcoming  the  recent  difficulties  in  diagnosis
           infection susceptibility.                          and treatment.

           Table 5: Bioinformatics of genes in microsatellite loci D17MIT51.1 region
                                                                  Corresponding
              No.   Mouse genome                                                            Functions
                                                                   human genes
               1    Epididymal fat pad weight QTL 3                                           QTL
               2    Subcutaneous fat pad weight QTL 4                                         QTL
               3    Spleen weight QTL 9                                                       QTL
               4    Early growth adjusted QTL 2                                               QTL
               5    Early growth QTL 5                                                        QTL
               6    Pulmonary adenoma susceptibility 12                                       QTL
               7    Weight 6 weeks QTL 11                                                     QTL
               8    Weight 10 weeks QTL 12                                                    QTL
               9    DNA segment, Chr 17, Hunter 19
              10    DNA segment, Chr 17, Hunter 20
              11    DNA segment, Chr 17, Hunter 21
              12    Down syndrome critical region gene 1-like 1      DSCR1L1
              13    Fat pad 7                                                                 QTL
              14    Mandibular morphogenesis 1                                                QTL
              15    MSM lymphoma resistance 1                                                 QTL
              16    Bystin-like                                        BYSL
              17    DNA segment, Chr 17, ERATO Doi 191, expressed
              18    DNA segment, Chr 17, ERATO Doi 763, expressed
              17    Methylmalonyl-Coenzyme A mutase                    MUT
              18    Neuroscience mutagenesis facility, 318
              19    Cysteine-rich secretory protein 2                 CRISP2
              20    DNA segment, Chr 17, Tubingen 37
              21    DNA segment, Chr 17, Tubingen 16
              22    Ventral midbrain iron content 9                                           QTL
              23    Soft tissue heal 11                                                       QTL
              24    DNA segment, Chr 17, Tubingen 37
              25    Gastritis type A susceptibility locus 4                                   QTL
              26    H2 (histocompatibility-2, MHC )                                     Complex/cluster/region
              27    Histocompatibility 2, Q region                                      Complex/cluster/region
              28    Long bones 10                                                             QTL
              29    Lymphoma latency acceleration                                             QTL
              30    Leishmaniasis resistance 1                                                QTL
              31    Locomotor activity 2                                                      QTL
              32    T cell receptor beta variable 4, control 1                                QTL
              33    T-cell receptor induced activation 3                                      QTL
              34    Modifier of Odc1                                                          QTL
              35    UVB induced immunosuppression 2                                           QTL
              36    Cleidocranial dysplasia                                          Complex/cluster/region detail
              37    Ectonucleotide Pyrophosphatase/phosphodiesterase 5  ENPP5
              38    T-complex-associated testis expressed 1           TCTE1
              39    Xenotropic murine leukemia virus 57
           QTL: quantitative trait loci
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