Upregulating promoter polymorphisms of RANTES relate to atopic dermatitis

International Journal of Immunogenetics

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 423-428

  Tanaka, K ^a   Roberts, M H ^a   Yamamoto, N ^b   Sugiura, H ^b   Uehara, M ^b   Hopkin, J M ^a  

^a SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b SHIGA UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; RANTES;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASIAN; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DNA POLYMORPHISM; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; UPREGULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; DERMATITIS, ATOPIC; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); RANTES; UP-REGULATION;

EID: 33751032538     PISSN: 17443121     EISSN: 1744313X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-313X.2006.00635.x     Document Type: Article

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