A complete screening of the IL4 gene: Novel polymorphisms and their association with asthma and IgE in childhood

Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 112, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 893-898

  Kabesch, Michael ^a,e   Tzotcheva, Iren ^a   Carr, David ^a   Höfler, Claudia ^a   Weiland, Stephan K ^b   Fritzsch, Christian ^c   Von Mutius, Erika ^a   Martinez, Fernando D ^d  

^a LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL LEIPZIG   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Asthma; Atopy; Childhood; IgE; IL 13; IL 4; Polymorphism; Single nucleotide polymorphism

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; INTERLEUKIN 4;

5' UNTRANSLATED REGION; ALLERGY; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; ATOPY; BRONCHUS HYPERREACTIVITY; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; DNA FLANKING REGION; EXON; GENE CLUSTER; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC SCREENING; GERMANY; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IL4 GENE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; IMMUNOMODULATION; IMMUNOREGULATION; INTRON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PHENOTYPE; PHYSICAL DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN DENATURATION; SCHOOL; SCHOOL CHILD; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

EID: 0242467244     PISSN: 00916749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaci.2003.08.033     Document Type: Article

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