Mannose binding lectin gene polymorphisms and asthma

Clinical and Experimental Allergy

Volumn 37, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1334-1339

  Wang, X ^a   Saito, J ^a   Tanino, Y ^a   Ishida, T ^a   Fujita, T ^a   Munakata, M ^a  

^a FUKUSHIMA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Adult; Asthma; Innate immunity; MBL; Polymorphism

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; MANNOSE BINDING LECTIN 2;

ADULT; ALLELE; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CODON; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DNA POLYMORPHISM; FEMALE; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; JAPAN; LUNG FUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL;

ADULT; ALLELES; ASTHMA; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COMPLEMENT PATHWAY, MANNOSE-BINDING LECTIN; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; JAPAN; LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; MALE; MANNOSE-BINDING LECTIN; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 34548504842     PISSN: 09547894     EISSN: 13652222     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2222.2007.02761.x     Document Type: Article

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