Evidence for a major gene influence on tumor necrosis factor-α expression in tuberculosis: Path and segregation analysis

Human Heredity

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 109-118

  Stein, Catherine M ^a   Nshuti, Lorna ^a,b   Chiunda, Allan B ^a   Boom, W Henry ^a   Elston, Robert C ^a   Mugerwa, Roy D ^a,b   Iyengar, Sudha K ^a   Whalen, Christopher C ^a  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MAKERERE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Uganda)

Author keywords

Cytokine; Heritability; Immunogenetics; Infectious disease; Phenotype modeling; Shared environment

Indexed keywords

TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ARTICLE; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; HERITABILITY; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NATURAL SELECTION; PHENOTYPE; PHENOTYPIC VARIATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SEGREGATION ANALYSIS; TUBERCULOSIS; UGANDA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGENETICS; MALE; TUBERCULOSIS; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA; UGANDA;

EID: 27544436336     PISSN: 00015652     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000088913     Document Type: Article

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