Different allelic frequencies of several cytokine genes in Hong Kong Chinese and Swedish Caucasians

Genes and Immunity

Volumn 2, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 280-283

  Padyukov, L ^a,b   Hahn Zoric, M ^a   Lau, Y L ^c   Hanson, L A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b MECHNIKOV RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR VACCINES AND SERA   (Russian Federation)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Gene polymorphism; IL10; TGFB1; TNFA; TNFR1

Indexed keywords

ACTIVIN RECEPTOR 1; CYTOKINE; INTERLEUKIN 10; LEUKOCYTE ANTIGEN; PROTEIN SERINE THREONINE KINASE; TGF BETA TYPE I RECEPTOR; TGF-BETA TYPE I RECEPTOR; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA RECEPTOR; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR RECEPTOR; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR RECEPTOR 1;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; ASIAN; CAUCASIAN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETICS; HONG KONG; HUMAN; SWEDEN;

ACTIVIN RECEPTORS, TYPE I; ALLELES; ANTIGENS, CD; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CYTOKINES; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; GENE FREQUENCY; HONG KONG; HUMANS; INTERLEUKIN-10; PROTEIN-SERINE-THREONINE KINASES; RECEPTORS, TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; RECEPTORS, TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR; RECEPTORS, TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR, TYPE I; SWEDEN; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA;

EID: 0035433214     PISSN: 14664879     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.gene.6363771     Document Type: Article

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