A TaqI polymorphism in the 3′ UTR of the IL-12 p40 gene correlates with increased IL-12 secretion

Genes and Immunity

Volumn 3, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 419-423

  Seegers, D ^a,b   Zwiers, A ^b   Strober, W ^a   Pena A S ^b   Bouma, G ^a,b,c,d  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^b VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^d ROYAL NETHERLANDS ACADEMY OF ARTS AND SCIENCES   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Crohn's disease; Gene polymorphism; IL 12; In vitro secretion

Indexed keywords

INTERLEUKIN 12; INTERLEUKIN 12P40; PROTEIN P70;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROHN DISEASE; DNA POLYMORPHISM; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IN VITRO STUDY; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

3' UNTRANSLATED REGIONS; ADULT; AGED; CROHN DISEASE; DEOXYRIBONUCLEASES, TYPE II SITE-SPECIFIC; DNA; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; INTERLEUKIN-12; INTERLEUKIN-12 SUBUNIT P40; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MONOCYTES; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; PROTEIN SUBUNITS;

EID: 0346877501     PISSN: 14664879     EISSN: 14765470     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.gene.6363919     Document Type: Article

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