Asthma and atopy are associated with DEFB1 polymorphisms in Chinese children

Genes and Immunity

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 59-64

  Leung, Ting Fan ^a   Li, C Y ^a   Liu, E K H ^a   Tang, N L S ^a   Chan, I H S ^a   Yung, E ^a   Wong, G W K ^a   Lam, C W K ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Asthma; Atopy; Defensin; Immunoglobulin E; Innate immunity; Polymorphism

Indexed keywords

BETA DEFENSIN 1; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E;

5' UNTRANSLATED REGION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; ATOPY; CHILD; CHINESE; CODOMINANCE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COVARIANCE; EOSINOPHIL COUNT; FEMALE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; IMMUNOASSAY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; INNATE IMMUNITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOLECULAR MODEL; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN POLYMORPHISM; RECESSIVE GENE; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; RISK ASSESSMENT; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ADOLESCENT; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; ASTHMA; BETA-DEFENSINS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENOTYPE; HAPLOTYPES; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY, IMMEDIATE; MALE; PHENOTYPE; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT, HERITABLE;

EID: 33645162401     PISSN: 14664879     EISSN: 14765470     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.gene.6364279     Document Type: Article

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