An association study of asthma and total serum immunoglobin E levels for Toll-like receptor polymorphisms in a Japanese population

Clinical and Experimental Allergy

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 177-183

  Noguchi, E ^a,b   Nishimura, F ^a   Fukai, H ^a   Kim, J ^a   Ichikawa, K ^b   Shibasaki, M ^c   Arinami, T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

^c TSUKUBA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Asthma; IgE; Polymorphism; TDT; Toll like receptor

Indexed keywords

DNA; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; LUCIFERASE; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR 2; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR 3; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR 4; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR 9;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALLELE; ALLERGIC ASTHMA; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA FLANKING REGION; DNA SEQUENCE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FAMILY; GENE CONSTRUCT; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE INSERTION; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; JAPAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING; WILD TYPE;

5' UNTRANSLATED REGIONS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ASTHMA; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; JAPAN; MALE; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; RECEPTORS, CELL SURFACE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TOLL-LIKE RECEPTOR 2; TOLL-LIKE RECEPTOR 3; TOLL-LIKE RECEPTOR 4; TOLL-LIKE RECEPTOR 9; TOLL-LIKE RECEPTORS; TRANSFECTION;

EID: 1542285261     PISSN: 09547894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2222.2004.01839.x     Document Type: Article

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