Polymorphism at the C-reactive protein locus influences gene expression and predisposes to systemic lupus erythematosus

Human Molecular Genetics

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 137-147

  Russell, Andrew I ^a   Cunninghame Graham, Deborah S ^a   Shepherd, Christopher ^a   Roberton, Cheri A ^a   Whittaker, John ^b   Meeks, John ^a   Powell, Richard J ^c   Isenberg, David A ^d   Walport, Mark J ^a,e   Vyse, Timothy J ^a  

^a HAMMERSMITH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c QUEEN S MEDICAL CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e WELLCOME TRUST SANGER INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTINUCLEAR ANTIBODY; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; SERUM AMYLOID P;

ANTIBODY PRODUCTION; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; DINUCLEOTIDE REPEAT; FAMILY STUDY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE LOCUS; GENE MAPPING; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; HUMAN; IMMUNOGENICITY; INHERITANCE; INTRON; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MALE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; UNITED KINGDOM;

C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; COHORT STUDIES; DNA PRIMERS; FAMILY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENOTYPE; GREAT BRITAIN; HAPLOTYPES; HUMANS; LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS, SYSTEMIC; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SERUM AMYLOID P-COMPONENT;

EUKARYOTA;

EID: 0347917232     PISSN: 09646906     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/hmg/ddh021     Document Type: Review

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