BAT1, a putative anti-inflammatory gene, is associated with chronic chagas cardiomyopathy

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 193, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1394-1399

  Ramasawmy, Rajendranath ^a,b   Cunha Neto, Edecio ^a,b   Faé, Kellen C ^a,b   Müller, Natalie G ^a   Cavalcanti, Vanessa L ^a   Drigo, Sandra A ^a,b   Ianni, Barbara ^a   Mady, Charles ^a   Kalil, Jorge ^a,b   Goldberg, Anna Carla ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b Institute for Investigation in Immunology   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; GAMMA INTERFERON; HLA B ANTIGEN; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BAT1 GENE; CHAGAS DISEASE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; FEMALE; GENE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; HEART MUSCLE BIOPSY; HOMOZYGOSITY; HUMAN; LYMPHOCYTIC INFILTRATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

EID: 33646350509     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/503368     Document Type: Article

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