Delta 32 deletion of CCR5 gene and association with asthma or atopy

Lancet

Volumn 356, Issue 9240, 2000, Pages 1491-1492

  Mitchell, Tracey J ^a   Walley, Andrew J ^b   Pease, James E ^a   Venables, Patrick J W ^c   Wiltshire, Steven ^b   Williams, Timothy J ^a   Cookson, William O C M ^b  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMOKINE RECEPTOR CCR5;

ARTICLE; ASTHMA; ATOPY; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE DELETION; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC RISK; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WHEEZING;

EID: 0034727454     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(00)03144-5     Document Type: Article

References (5)

1. Differential expression of chemokine receptors and chemotactic responsiveness of type 1 T helper cells (Th1s) and Th2s
2. Genetic restriction of HIV-1 infection and progression of AIDS by a deletion allele of the CKR5 structural gene
3. Distribution of the CCR5 gene 32-bp deletion in Europe
4. Association of CCR5 delta32 with reduced risk of asthma
5. Investigation of an interleukin-4 promoter polymorphism for associations with asthma and atopy