Novel dinucleotide repeat polymorphism in the first exon of the STAT-6 gene is associated with allergic diseases

Clinical and Experimental Allergy

Volumn 31, Issue 10, 2001, Pages 1509-1514

  Tamura, K ^a   Arakawa, H ^a   Suzuki, M ^a   Kobayashi, Y ^a   Mochizuki, H ^a   Kato, M ^a   Tokuyama, K ^a   Morikawa, A ^a  

^a GUNMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Atopy; Dinucleotide repeat; IgE; IL 13; IL 4; Polymorphism; STAT 6

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; INTERLEUKIN 4 RECEPTOR; INTERLEUKIN 4 RECEPTOR ALPHA; RECEPTOR SUBTYPE; STAT6 PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALLERGIC DISEASE; ANAPHYLAXIS; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DINUCLEOTIDE REPEAT; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; EXON; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; JAPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SINGLE STRAND CONFORMATION POLYMORPHISM;

ALLELES; ANAPHYLAXIS; ASTHMA; CHILD; CHILD WELFARE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DERMATITIS, ATOPIC; DINUCLEOTIDE REPEATS; EXONS; GENE FREQUENCY; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; INTERLEUKIN-4; JAPAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; STAT6 TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANS-ACTIVATORS;

EID: 0034786388     PISSN: 09547894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2222.2001.01191.x     Document Type: Article

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