Cloning and mutation analysis of the human IL-18 promoter: A possible role of polymorphisms in expression regulation

Journal of Neuroimmunology

Volumn 112, Issue 1-2, 2001, Pages 146-152

  Giedraitis, Vilmantas ^a   He, Bing ^a   Huang, Wen Xin ^a   Hillert, Jan ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Genetic susceptibility; IL 18; Multiple sclerosis; Mutation analysis

Indexed keywords

DNA; GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 18; IONOMYCIN; LUCIFERASE; MESSENGER RNA; PHORBOL 13 ACETATE 12 MYRISTATE;

5' UNTRANSLATED REGION; ALLELE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; HAPLOTYPE; HOMOZYGOSITY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MOLECULAR CLONING; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SWEDEN;

ALLELES; BASE SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HELA CELLS; HUMANS; INTERFERON TYPE II; INTERLEUKIN-18; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS);

EID: 0035205687     PISSN: 01655728     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-5728(00)00407-0     Document Type: Article

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