High frequency of TNF alleles -238A and -376A in individuals from northern Sardinia

Cytokine

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 149-154

  Wirz, Sebastian A ^a   Morale, Maria C ^b   Marchetti, Bianca ^b   Barr, Alasdair M ^a   Sotgiu, Stefano ^c   Rosati, Giulio ^c   Pugliatti, Maura ^c   Sanna, Maria Vittoria ^d   Giliberto, Orazio ^e   Bartfai, Tamas ^a   Conti, Bruno ^a  

^a SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b OASI RESEARCH INSTITUTE IRCCS   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SASSARI   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CAGLIARI   (Italy)

^e Ospedale Canizzaro   (Italy)

Author keywords

Association; HLA; human leukocyte antigen; IDDM; IL 1 ; insulin dependent diabetes mellitus; interleukin 1 beta; LTA; Malaria; MS; multiple sclerosis; Polymorphism; Sardinia; single nucleotide polymorphism; SNP; TNF; tumor necrosis factor alpha

Indexed keywords

HLA ANTIGEN; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; BRAIN INJURY; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION FUNCTION; ENDEMIC DISEASE; GENE FREQUENCY; HLA SYSTEM; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; ITALY; MALARIA; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 1; GENE FREQUENCY; HUMANS; ITALY; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA;

EID: 2442553712     PISSN: 10434666     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cyto.2004.02.006     Document Type: Article

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