Polymorphisms of STAT-6, STAT-4 and IFN-γ genes and the risk of asthma in Chinese population

Respiratory Medicine

Volumn 101, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1977-1981

  Li, Yafei ^a   Wu, Bo ^a   Xiong, Hongyan ^a   Zhu, Caizhong ^a   Zhang, Lu ^a  

^a THIRD MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Asthma; Gene gene interactions; IFN ; Polymorphism; STAT 4; STAT 6

Indexed keywords

ADENINE; CYTOSINE; GAMMA INTERFERON; GUANINE; STAT4 PROTEIN; STAT6 PROTEIN; THYMINE;

3' UNTRANSLATED REGION; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHINESE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXON; FEMALE; GENE INTERACTION; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC RISK; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENOTYPE; GENOTYPE PHENOTYPE CORRELATION; HUMAN; INTRON; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATHOGENESIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POPULATION BASED CASE CONTROL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

ADULT; AGED; ASTHMA; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; INTERFERON TYPE II; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE-STRANDED CONFORMATIONAL; STAT4 TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; STAT6 TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

EID: 34547458187     PISSN: 09546111     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rmed.2007.04.006     Document Type: Article

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