Ca repeat allele polymorphism in the first intron of the human interferon-γ gene is associated with lung allograft fibrosis

Human Immunology

Volumn 60, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 343-346

  Awad, Mohammed ^a   Pravica, Vera ^a   Perrey, Chris ^a   El Gamel, Ahmed ^a   Yonan, Nizar ^a   Sinnott, Paul J ^a   Hutchinson, Ian V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Fibrosis; Gene; IFN ; Lung transplant; Polymorphism

Indexed keywords

ADENINE; CYTOKINE; CYTOSINE; DNA; GAMMA INTERFERON;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; DINUCLEOTIDE REPEAT; DNA POLYMORPHISM; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTRON; LUNG FIBROSIS; LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSBRONCHIAL BIOPSY;

ADENINE; ALLELES; CYTOSINE; DINUCLEOTIDE REPEATS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FREQUENCY; HUMANS; INTERFERON TYPE II; INTRONS; LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; PULMONARY FIBROSIS; TRANSPLANTATION, HOMOLOGOUS;

EID: 0032915018     PISSN: 01988859     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0198-8859(98)00133-5     Document Type: Article

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