Interaction of maternal atopy, CTLA-4 gene polymorphism and gender on antenatal immunoglobulin E production

Clinical and Experimental Allergy

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 680-687

  Yang, K D ^a   Ou, C Y ^a,c   Hsu, T Y ^a   Chang, J C ^a   Chuang, H ^a   Liu, C A ^a   Liang, H M ^a   Kuo, H C ^b   Chen, R F ^a   Huang, E Y ^b  

^a CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (Taiwan)

^b CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c CHANG GUNG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Cord blood IgE; CTLA 4; Maternal atopy; Polymorphism

Indexed keywords

CYTOTOXIC T LYMPHOCYTE ANTIGEN 4; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; ATOPY; BLOOD SAMPLING; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA EXTRACTION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENZYME ASSAY; FATHER; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE; GENDER; GENE INTERACTION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; IMMUNOGLOBULIN PRODUCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATERNAL DISEASE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEWBORN; PARENTAL SMOKING; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRENATAL PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SEX DIFFERENCE; UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD; UPREGULATION;

ANTIGENS, CD; ANTIGENS, DIFFERENTIATION; FATHERS; FEMALE; FETAL BLOOD; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY, IMMEDIATE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MOTHERS; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 34247340199     PISSN: 09547894     EISSN: 13652222     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2222.2007.02698.x     Document Type: Article

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