Polymorphism of the immune-braking gene CTLA-4 (+49) involved in gender discrepancy of serum total IgE levels and allergic diseases

Clinical and Experimental Allergy

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 32-37

  Yang, K D ^a   Liu, C A ^a   Chang, J C ^a   Chuang, H ^a   Ou, C Y ^a   Hsu, T Y ^a   Wang, C L ^a  

^a CHANG GUNG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Atopic diseases; CTLA 4; Gender; IL 4; Polymorphism; Total IgE

Indexed keywords

ALANINE; CYSTEINE; CYTOTOXIC T LYMPHOCYTE ANTIGEN 4; GLYCINE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; INTERLEUKIN 4; THREONINE;

ADULT; ALLERGIC DISEASE; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; CHINESE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DNA POLYMORPHISM; FEMALE; GENDER; GENE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; IMMUNE SYSTEM; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT SELECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; RHINITIS; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADULT; ANTIGENS, CD; ANTIGENS, DIFFERENTIATION; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY, IMMEDIATE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; INTERLEUKIN-4; MALE; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; PREVALENCE;

EID: 0842313329     PISSN: 09547894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2222.2004.01776.x     Document Type: Article

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