Alternative G1m, G2m and G3m allotypes of IGHG genes correlate with atonic and nonatopic pathways of immune regulation in children with bronchial asthma

International Archives of Allergy and Immunology

Volumn 115, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 215-219

  Oxelius, Vivi Anne ^a   Carlsson, Ann Margreth ^a   Aurivillius, Magnus ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Atopy; Bronchial asthma; IGHG genes; Nonatopic; Serum Gm allotypes

Indexed keywords

CD8 ANTIGEN; GANGLIOSIDE GM1; GANGLIOSIDE GM2; GANGLIOSIDE GM3; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G1; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G2; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G3; IMMUNOGLOBULIN HEAVY CHAIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; ATOPY; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EOSINOPHIL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; IMMUNODIFFUSION; IMMUNOGLOBULIN GENE; IMMUNOREGULATION; PERIPHERAL LYMPHOCYTE; PHENOTYPE; PRICK TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOALLERGOSORBENT TEST; SCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; ALLERGENS; ANTIGENS, CD; ASTHMA; CD8-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; CHILD; EOSINOPHILS; EPITOPES; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN GM ALLOTYPES; IMMUNOGLOBULIN HEAVY CHAINS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; INTERFERON TYPE II; INTERLEUKIN-4; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MALE; RADIOALLERGOSORBENT TEST; SKIN TESTS;

EID: 0031881545     PISSN: 10182438     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000023903     Document Type: Article

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