Association of TNF polymorphisms with sarcoidosis, its prognosis and tumour necrosis factor (TNF)-α levels in Asian Indians

Clinical and Experimental Immunology

Volumn 151, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 251-259

  Sharma, S ^a   Ghosh, B ^a   Sharma, S K ^b  

^a CSIR INSTITUTE OF GENOMICS AND INTEGRATIVE BIOLOGY   (India)

^b ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Indian population; LTA; Polymorphism; Sarcoidosis; TNF

Indexed keywords

DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ADULT; ALLELE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC RISK; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENOTYPE; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOGENETICS; INDIAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROMOTER REGION; SARCOIDOSIS;

ADULT; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENOTYPE; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HAPLOTYPES; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PEPTIDYL-DIPEPTIDASE A; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; PROGNOSIS; SARCOIDOSIS; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA;

EID: 37849009942     PISSN: 00099104     EISSN: 13652249     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2249.2007.03564.x     Document Type: Article

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