Association between a new polymorphism in the activation-induced cytidine deaminase gene and atopic asthma and the regulation of total serum IgE levels

Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 108, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 382-386

  Noguchi, Emiko ^a,b   Shibasaki, Masanao ^b   Inudou, Michiharu ^b   Kamioka, Masashi ^a   Yokouchi, Yukako ^a,b   Yamakawa Kobayashi, Kimiko ^a   Hamaguchi, Hideo ^a   Matsui, Akira ^b   Arinami, Tadao ^a  

^a Institute of Basic Medical Sciences   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

Author keywords

AICDA; Asthma; Atopy; Splice variants; TDT; Total serum IgE

Indexed keywords

CYTIDINE DEAMINASE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; RNA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALLELE; ALLERGIC ASTHMA; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DNA FLANKING REGION; DNA POLYMORPHISM; EXON; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE TRANSFER; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; JAPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0034837614     PISSN: 00916749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mai.2001.117456     Document Type: Article

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