A review of asthma genetics: Gene expression studies and recent candidates

Journal of Applied Genetics

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 93-104

  Malerba, Giovanni ^a   Pignatti, Pier F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Association; Asthma; Atopy; Expression; Gene; Genome; Haplotype

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; ARGINASE; CORTICOSTEROID; CYTOKINE; GAMMA INTERFERON; HLA G ANTIGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; INTERLEUKIN 1 RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; STAT6 PROTEIN; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

APOPTOSIS; ASTHMA; BRONCHUS BIOPSY; CHROMOSOME 1; CHROMOSOME 12Q; CHROMOSOME 13Q; CHROMOSOME 14Q; CHROMOSOME 20P; CHROMOSOME 6P; DNA FLANKING REGION; EOSINOPHIL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETICS; HUMAN; REVIEW;

ALLERGENS; ANTI-ASTHMATIC AGENTS; ASTHMA; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENOME, HUMAN; HUMANS;

EID: 14644444486     PISSN: 12341983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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