IL-12B promoter polymorphism associated with asthma and IL-12B transcriptional activity

Allergology International

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 451-459

  Tatebayashi, Koji ^a   Matsui, Eiko ^a   Kaneko, Hideo ^a   Fukao, Toshiyuki ^a   Kasahara, Kimiko ^a   Kondo, Naomi ^a  

^a GIFU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Asthma; IgE; Interferon gamma; Interleukin 12B promoter polymorphism

Indexed keywords

INTERLEUKIN 12; INTERLEUKIN 12BETA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; DNA POLYMORPHISM; EXON; GENE ACTIVITY; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HAPLOTYPE; HOMOZYGOSITY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INTRON; JAPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PERIPHERAL BLOOD MONONUCLEAR CELL; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; RISK FACTOR; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

EID: 25144451862     PISSN: 13238930     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2332/allergolint.54.451     Document Type: Article

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