CD14 promoter polymorphisms have no functional significance and are not associated with atopic phenotypes

Pharmacogenetics and Genomics

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 229-236

  Xiao, Hui Liang ^a   Cheung, Wai ^b   Chew, Kiat Heng ^a   Jian, Jun Liu ^c   Chun, Wei Li ^a   Lim, Bing ^c   De, Yun Wang ^a,d  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c GENOME INSTITUTE OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^d NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Association study; Atopic phenotypes; CD14 promoter; Function study; SNPs

Indexed keywords

CD14 ANTIGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; LYMPHOCYTE ANTIGEN; SOLUBLE CD 14 ANTIGEN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; ATOPY; CHINESE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE FUNCTION; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC SCREENING; GENOTYPE PHENOTYPE CORRELATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHARMACOGENETICS; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHIC LOCUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; REPORTER GENE; SAMPLE SIZE; SCREENING TEST; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ADULT; ANTIGENS, CD14; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHINA; DERMATITIS, ATOPIC; GENE FREQUENCY; GENES, REPORTER; HAPLOTYPES; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; LUCIFERASES; PHENOTYPE; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); SINGAPORE; SOLUBILITY;

EID: 33645079412     PISSN: 17446872     EISSN: 17446880     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.fpc.0000197466.14340.0f     Document Type: Article

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