The promoter polymorphism of the IL-6 gene is associated with levels of antibodies to 60-kDa heat-shock proteins

Immunogenetics

Volumn 53, Issue 10-11, 2002, Pages 851-856

  Veres, Amarilla ^a,b,c,d,e   Prohászka, Zoltán ^a,b,c,d,e   Kilpinen, Sanna ^a,b,c,d,e   Singh, Mahavir ^a,b,c,d,e   Füst, George ^a,b,c,d,e   Hurme, Mikko ^a,b,c,d,e  

^a SEMMELWEIS UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^b INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Hungary)

^c TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

^d TAMPERE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^e LIONEX DIAGNOSTICS AND THERAPEUTICS GMBH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Autoantibody; Genetic polymorphism; Heat shock protein 60; IL 6

Indexed keywords

AUTOANTIBODY; HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN 60; HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN 65; INTERLEUKIN 1ALPHA; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; INTERLEUKIN 6; PROTEIN ANTIBODY;

ADULT; ALLELE; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANTIBODY BLOOD LEVEL; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ANTIBODY PRODUCTION; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DNA POLYMORPHISM; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HUMAN; MALE; MOLECULAR MIMICRY; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; NORMAL HUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; REGULATORY MECHANISM;

ADULT; AUTOANTIBODIES; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CHAPERONIN 60; CHAPERONINS; HUMANS; INTERLEUKIN-6; MALE; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS;

EID: 0036195301     PISSN: 00937711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00251-001-0405-9     Document Type: Article

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