Association between the IL-4 promoter polymorphisms and asthma or severity of hyperresponsiveness in Taiwanese

Respirology

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 42-48

  Chiang, Chi Huei ^a,b   Tang, Ying Chuan ^a   Lin, Ming Wei ^a   Chung, Ming Yi ^a  

^a NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b TAIPEI VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Asthma; Atopy; Genetic polymorphism; Hyperresponsiveness; IL 4

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; INTERLEUKIN 4;

ADULT; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BRONCHUS HYPERREACTIVITY; CAT; COCKROACH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DANDER; DISEASE SEVERITY; EOSINOPHIL COUNT; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; HUMAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PROVOCATION TEST; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SAMPLE SIZE; T LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; TAIWAN;

ADULT; ASTHMA; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DNA; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GENE FREQUENCY; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INTERLEUKIN-4; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TAIWAN;

EID: 33845707835     PISSN: 13237799     EISSN: 14401843     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1843.2006.00960.x     Document Type: Article

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