Novel association suggests multiple independent QTLs within chromosome 5q21-33 region control variation in total humans IgE levels

Genes and Immunity

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 289-297

  Ahmadi, K R ^a,b,f   Lanchbury, J S ^b   Reed, P ^c   Chiano, M ^c   Thompson, D ^c   Galley, M ^c   Line, A ^c   Lank, E ^c   Wong, H J ^d   Strachan, D ^e   Spector, T D ^a  

^a ST THOMAS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c Gemini Genomics plc   (United Kingdom)

^d QUEEN MARY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^e ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

5q31 33; Asthma; IgE; Twins

Indexed keywords

CELL MEMBRANE PROTEIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; INTERLEUKIN 12; VIRUS RECEPTOR;

ADULT; AGED; ALLELE; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; ATOPY; B LYMPHOCYTE; BRONCHUS HYPERREACTIVITY; CHROMOSOME 5Q; CHROMOSOME STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE LOCATION; GENETIC LINKAGE; HEREDITY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; MICROSATELLITE MARKER; MOLECULAR SIZE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; ORTHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN FUNCTION; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCUS; REGULATORY MECHANISM; T LYMPHOCYTE; TWINS; ADOLESCENT; BLOOD; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHROMOSOME 5; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; MIDDLE AGED;

HEPATITIS A VIRUS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 5; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; LINKAGE (GENETICS); MIDDLE AGED; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCI; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 0346747382     PISSN: 14664879     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.gene.6363968     Document Type: Article

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