Association of the interferon-γ receptor variant (Val14Met) with systemic lupus erythematosus

Immunogenetics

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 266-271

  Tanaka, Yosuke ^a   Nakashima, Hitoshi ^a   Hisano, Chizuko ^a   Kohsaka, Tsutomu ^b   Nemoto, Yoshiaki ^a   Niiro, Hiroaki ^a   Otsuka, Teruhisa ^a   Otsuka, Takeshi ^a   Imamura, Takashi ^c   Niho, Yoshiyuki ^a  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Otsuka Tokyo Assay Laboratories   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF GENETICS   (Japan)

Author keywords

Genetic polymorphism; IFN receptor (IFN R); Susceptibility; Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE); Th1 TH2 balance

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; GAMMA INTERFERON; GAMMA INTERFERON RECEPTOR; HLA DR ANTIGEN; SIGNAL PEPTIDE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ARTICLE; ASSAY; B LYMPHOCYTE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; HELPER CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN VARIANT; RECEPTOR GENE; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERFERON TYPE II; INTERLEUKIN-4; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS, SYSTEMIC; MALE; METHIONINE; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RECEPTORS, INTERFERON; VALINE; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 0033023228     PISSN: 00937711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002510050492     Document Type: Article

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