Molecular genetic analyses of human NKG2C (KLRC2) gene deletion

International Immunology

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 163-168

  Miyashita, Risa ^a   Tsuchiya, Naoyuki ^a   Hikami, Koki ^a   Kuroki, Kimiko ^a   Fukazawa, Toru ^b   Bijl, Marc ^c   Kallenberg, Cees G M ^c   Hashimoto, Hiroshi ^b   Yabe, Toshio ^d   Tokunaga, Katsushi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b JUNTENDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^d JAPANESE RED CROSS SOCIETY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Genome; NK cell; Polymorphism; Rheumatoid arthritis; Systemic lupus erythematosus

Indexed keywords

LECTIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; GENE DELETION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENOTYPE; HAPLOTYPE; HOMOZYGOSITY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; JAPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NATURAL KILLER CELL; NETHERLANDS; POPULATION GENETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; RHEUMATIC DISEASE; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SURVIVAL; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; TELOMERE;

ADULT; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; BASE SEQUENCE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; GENE DELETION; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; JAPAN; KILLER CELLS, NATURAL; LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS, SYSTEMIC; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NETHERLANDS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RECEPTORS, IMMUNOLOGIC;

EID: 0346098024     PISSN: 09538178     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/intimm/dxh013     Document Type: Article

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