NRAMP1 is not associated with asthma, atopy, and serum immunoglobulin E levels in the French Canadian population

Genes and Immunity

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 519-527

  Poon, A H ^a,b   Laprise, C ^c,d   Lemire, M ^b   Hudson, T J ^a,b   Schurr, Erwin ^a,b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY HEALTH CENTRE   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À CHICOUTIMI   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Asthma; Genetic predisposition; Natural resistance associated macrophages protein 1; Polymorphism; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ADENINE; CYTOSINE; GUANINE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; NATURAL RESISTANCE ASSOCIATED MACROPHAGE PROTEIN 1; THYMINE; CATION TRANSPORT PROTEIN; NATURAL RESISTANCE-ASSOCIATED MACROPHAGE PROTEIN 1;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALLELE; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; ATOPY; CANADA; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE MODEL; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; ETIOLOGY; FAMILY STUDY; GENE DELETION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PHENOTYPE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; BLOOD; CAUCASIAN; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; IMMEDIATE TYPE HYPERSENSITIVITY; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

CORYNEBACTERINEAE; MURINAE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS;

ASTHMA; CANADA; CATION TRANSPORT PROTEINS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENOTYPE; HAPLOTYPES; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY, IMMEDIATE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE;

EID: 26944497279     PISSN: 14664879     EISSN: 14765470     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.gene.6364238     Document Type: Article

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