Allelic polymorphisms in the interleukin-4 promoter regions and their association with bronchial asthma among the Russian population

International Archives of Allergy and Immunology

Volumn 141, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 257-264

  Gervaziev, Yuri V ^a   Kaznacheev, V A ^b   Gervazieva, V B ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF BIOMEDICAL CHEMISTRY   (Russian Federation)

^b MECHNIKOV RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR VACCINES AND SERA   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Asthma; Atopy; IL 4; Polymorphism; Promotor

Indexed keywords

CYCLIC AMP RESPONSIVE ELEMENT BINDING PROTEIN; CYTOSINE; GUANINE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; INTERLEUKIN 4; THYMINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALLERGY; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; ATOPY; BINDING SITE; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; CYTOKINE RELEASE; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; GENE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; HUMAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; INTERLEUKIN 4 GENE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; RUSSIAN FEDERATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALLELES; ASTHMA; BRONCHIAL HYPERREACTIVITY; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; INTERLEUKIN-4; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; RUSSIA; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 33750186512     PISSN: 10182438     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000095295     Document Type: Article

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