Specific polymorphisms of cytokine genes are associated with different risks to develop single-system or multi-system childhood Langerhans cell histiocytosis

British Journal of Haematology

Volumn 132, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 784-787

  Filippi, Paola De ^a   Badulli, Carla ^b   Cuccia, Mariaclara ^a   Silvestri, Annalisa De ^b   Dametto, Ennia ^c   Pasi, Annamaria ^b   Garaventa, Alberto ^d   Prever, Adalberto Brach Del ^e   Todesco, Alessandra ^f   Trizzino, Antonino ^g   Danesino, Cesare ^a   Martinetti, Miryam ^b   Aricò, Maurizio ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

^b FONDAZIONE IRCCS POLICLINICO SAN MATTEO   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^d G GASLINI INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^e REGINA MARGHERITA CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^f UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^g Ospedale dei Bambini G Di Cristina   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cytokines; Langerhans cell histiocytosis; Langerhans cells; Polymorphisms

Indexed keywords

CHEMOKINE; CYTOKINE; GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 4;

ADOLESCENT; ALLELE; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETIC RISK; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HISTIOCYTOSIS X; HUMAN; INFANT; LANGERHANS CELL; MALE; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; PATHOGENESIS; POINT MUTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CYTOKINES; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENOTYPE; HISTIOCYTOSIS, LANGERHANS-CELL; HUMANS; INFANT; INTERFERON TYPE II; INTERLEUKIN-1; INTERLEUKIN-4; MALE; POINT MUTATION; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE;

EID: 33644897335     PISSN: 00071048     EISSN: 13652141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2141.2005.05922.x     Document Type: Article

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