Mutations of syntaxin 11 and SNAP23 genes as causes of familial hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis were not found in Japanese people

Journal of Human Genetics

Volumn 50, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 600-603

  Yamamoto, Ken ^a   Ishii, Eiichi ^b   Horiuchi, Hisanori ^c   Ueda, Ikuyo ^d   Ohga, Shouichi ^e   Nishi, Masanori ^b   Ogata, Yoshiyasu ^b   Zaitsu, Masafumi ^b   Morimoto, Akira ^d   Hara, Toshiro ^e   Imashuku, Shinsaku ^f   Sasazuki, Takehiko ^g   Yasukawa, Masaki ^h  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b SAGA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d KYOTO PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^e KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^f Takasago seibu Hospital   (Japan)

^g NATIONAL CENTER FOR GLOBAL HEALTH AND MEDICINE   (Japan)

^h EHIME UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cytotoxicity; Familial hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis; Infant; Japan; SNAP23; Syntaxin 11

Indexed keywords

CYCLOSPORIN A; CYTOTOXIC AGENT; ETOPOSIDE; SNARE PROTEIN; STEROID; SYNAPTOSOMAL ASSOCIATED PROTEIN 23; SYNTAXIN; SYNTAXIN 11; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA POLYMORPHISM; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC DISORDER; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; HEMOPHAGOCYTIC LYMPHOHISTIOCYTOSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INFANT; JAPAN; MALE; NEWBORN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE;

BASE SEQUENCE; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; DNA PRIMERS; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; INFANT; JAPAN; LYMPHOHISTIOCYTOSIS, HEMOPHAGOCYTIC; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; QA-SNARE PROTEINS; QB-SNARE PROTEINS; QC-SNARE PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 27944452641     PISSN: 14345161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10038-005-0293-1     Document Type: Article

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