An allelic polymorphism within the human tumor necrosis factor α promoter region is strongly associated with HLA A1, B8, and DR3 alleles

Journal of Experimental Medicine

Volumn 177, Issue 2, 1993, Pages 557-560

  Wilson, A G ^a   De Vries, N ^b   Pociot, F ^c   Di Giovine, F S ^a   Van Der Putte, L B A ^b   Duff, G W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c STENO DIABETES CENTER   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; HLA A ANTIGEN; HLA B ANTIGEN; HLA DR3 ANTIGEN; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA POLYMORPHISM; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE LOCUS; HAPLOTYPE; HLA TYPING; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; TELOMERE;

ALLELES; BASE SEQUENCE; GENE FREQUENCY; HAPLOTYPES; HLA ANTIGENS; HLA-A1 ANTIGEN; HLA-B8 ANTIGEN; HLA-DR3 ANTIGEN; HUMAN; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OLIGODEOXYRIBONUCLEOTIDES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM (GENETICS); PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR;

EID: 0027534914     PISSN: 00221007     EISSN: 15409538     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1084/jem.177.2.557     Document Type: Article

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