Linkage analysis of the genetic determinants of T-cell IL-4 secretion, and identification of Flj20274 as a putative candidate gene

Genes and Immunity

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 290-297

  Choi, P ^a   Xanthaki, D ^a   Rose, S J ^a   Haywood, H ^a   Reiser, H ^a,b   Morley, B J ^a  

^a HAMMERSMITH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b GILEAD SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Cellular differentiation; Cytokines; Th1 Th2 cells

Indexed keywords

GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 12; INTERLEUKIN 4; MESSENGER RNA;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BACKCROSSING; CHROMOSOME 15; CHROMOSOME 19; CHROMOSOME 7; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE RELEASE; EFFECTOR CELL; FEMALE; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE ISOLATION; GENE LOCUS; GENE MAPPING; GENETIC PROCEDURES; GENOME; HELPER CELL; HEREDITY; IMMUNOPATHOLOGY; IN VITRO STUDY; LINKAGE ANALYSIS; LYMPHOCYTE DIFFERENTIATION; MALE; MOUSE; MOUSE STRAIN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; REGULATORY MECHANISM; T LYMPHOCYTE; T LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; T LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; TH1 CELL; TH2 CELL;

ANIMALS; CD4-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CHROMOSOMES; INTERLEUKIN-4; LINKAGE (GENETICS); LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCI; T-LYMPHOCYTE SUBSETS;

EID: 21344450958     PISSN: 14664879     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.gene.6364192     Document Type: Article

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