Atopy and asthma: Genetic variants of IL-4 and IL-13 signalling

Immunology Today

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 60-64

  Shirakawa, Taro ^a   Deichmann, Klaus A ^b   Izuhara, Kenji ^c   Mao, Xiao Quan ^a   Adra, Chaker N ^d   Hopkin, Julian M ^a  

^a SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^c KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; INTERLEUKIN 13; INTERLEUKIN 13 RECEPTOR; INTERLEUKIN 4; INTERLEUKIN 4 RECEPTOR;

ALLERGIC ASTHMA; ATOPY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN PRODUCTION; IMMUNOPATHOGENESIS; NUCLEIC ACID BASE SUBSTITUTION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 0034142166     PISSN: 01675699     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-5699(99)01492-9     Document Type: Short Survey

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