The association between endothelin-1 gene polymorphisms and susceptibility to vitiligo in a Korean population

Experimental Dermatology

Volumn 16, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 561-566

  Kim, Hyun Jin ^a   Choi, Chun Pill ^a   Uhm, Yoon Kyung ^b   Kim, Young Il ^c   Lee, Jin Woo ^c   Yoon, Seo Hyun ^b   Chung, Joo Ho ^b   Lee, Mu Hyoung ^a,d  

^a Center for Environmental Toxico Genomics and Proteomics   (South Korea)

^b Kohwang Medical Research Institute   (South Korea)

^c Kyung Hee University   (South Korea)

^d Kyung Hee University Hospital   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Endothelin 1; Haplotype; Polymorphism; Vitiligo

Indexed keywords

ADENINE; ENDOTHELIN 1; GUANINE; THYMINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; CELL CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EXON; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENOTYPE; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INTRON; KERATINOCYTE; KOREA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ONSET AGE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; ULTRAVIOLET B RADIATION; VITILIGO;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CELLS, CULTURED; ENDOTHELIN-1; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; KERATINOCYTES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RISK FACTORS; SKIN; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS; VITILIGO;

EID: 34250713776     PISSN: 09066705     EISSN: 16000625     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0625.2007.00561.x     Document Type: Article

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