Genetic polymorphisms in the promoter of the interferon gamma receptor 1 gene are associated with atopic cataracts

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 583-589

  Matsuda, Akira ^a,b   Ebihara, Nobuyuki ^c   Kumagai, Naoki ^d   Fukuda, Ken ^d   Ebe, Koji ^e   Hirano, Koji ^f   Sotozono, Chie ^a   Tei, Mamoru ^a   Hasegawa, Koichi ^b   Shimizu, Makiko ^b   Tamari, Mayumi ^b   Namba, Kenichi ^g   Ohno, Shigeaki ^g   Mizuki, Nobuhisa ^h   Ikezawa, Zenro ^h   Shirakawa, Taro ^b,i   Hamuro, Junji ^a   Kinoshita, Shigeru ^a  

^a KYOTO PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b INST OF PHYS AND CHEMICAL RESEARCH   (Japan)

^c JUNTENDO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^d YAMAGUCHI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^e Takao Hospital   (Japan)

^f FUJITA HEALTH UNIVERSITY BANTANE HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^g HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^h YOKOHAMA CITY UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

ⁱ SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FC RECEPTOR; GAMMA INTERFERON; GAMMA INTERFERON RECEPTOR 1; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E RECEPTOR; INDUCIBLE NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; INTERLEUKIN 13; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; MESSENGER RNA; GAMMA INTERFERON RECEPTOR; INTERFERON RECEPTOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATOPIC CATARACT; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; ATOPY; CATARACT; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPITHELIUM CELL; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GENE CONSTRUCT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC RISK; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; LENS EPITHELIUM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REPORTER GENE; RISK FACTOR; SENILE CATARACT; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; STIMULATION; AGED; CYTOLOGY; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; GENETIC SCREENING; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETICS; LENS; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CATARACT; CHILD; DERMATITIS, ATOPIC; EPITHELIAL CELLS; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; GENETIC SCREENING; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; LENS, CRYSTALLINE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE TYPE II; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); RECEPTORS, INTERFERON; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RISK FACTORS; RNA, MESSENGER; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 33847738970     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.06-0991     Document Type: Article

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