Association of PTGDR gene polymorphisms with asthma in two Caucasian populations

Genes and Immunity

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 398-403

  Zhu, G ^a   Vestbo, J ^b,c   Lenney, W ^d   Silverman, M ^e   Whyte, M ^f   Helms, P ^g   Anderson, W H ^a   Pillai, S G ^a  

^a GLAXOSMITHKLINE   (United States)

^b Kommunehospitalet ^*  (Denmark)

^c HVIDOVRE HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF NORTH STAFFORDSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^g UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE; CYTOSINE; GUANINE; PROSTANOID DP RECEPTOR; PROSTANOID RECEPTOR; THYMINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALLERGIC ASTHMA; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BRONCHUS HYPERREACTIVITY; CAUCASIAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENMARK; FAMILY; FEMALE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENOTYPE; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; INTRON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHENOTYPE; POPULATION GENETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ASTHMA; DENMARK; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENOTYPE; GREAT BRITAIN; HAPLOTYPES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHENOTYPE; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; RECEPTORS, IMMUNOLOGIC; RECEPTORS, PROSTAGLANDIN;

EID: 34547416977     PISSN: 14664879     EISSN: 14765470     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.gene.6364399     Document Type: Article

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