Association between - 308 Tumour necrosis factor promoter polymorphism and bronchial hyperreactivity in asthma

Clinical and Experimental Allergy

Volumn 29, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 1204-1208

  Li Kam Wa, T C ^a   Mansur, A H ^a   Britton, J ^b   Williams, G ^a   Pavord, I ^b   Richards, K ^b   Campbell, D A ^a   Morton, N ^c   Holgate, S T ^c   Morrison, J F J ^a,d  

^a ST JAMES S UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b NOTTINGHAM CITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c SOUTHAMPTON GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d Experimental Medicine   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Asthma; Bronchial hyperreactivity; Genetics; Tumour necrosis factor

Indexed keywords

DNA; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; LYMPHOTOXIN; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 1; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 2; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR;

ADULT; AGED; ALLELE; ALLERGIC ASTHMA; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BRONCHUS HYPERREACTIVITY; CHROMOSOME 6P; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA POLYMORPHISM; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ASTHMA; BRONCHIAL HYPERREACTIVITY; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 6; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HAPLOTYPES; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY TESTING; HUMANS; LINKAGE (GENETICS); LYMPHOTOXIN-ALPHA; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA;

EID: 0032841065     PISSN: 09547894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2222.1999.00638.x     Document Type: Article

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