Plasma UGRP1 levels associate with promoter G-112A polymorphism and the severity of asthma

Allergology International

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 57-64

  Inoue, Keiichi ^a   Wang, Xintao ^a   Saito, Junpei ^a   Tanino, Yoshinori ^a   Ishida, Takashi ^a   Iwaki, Daisuke ^a   Fujita, Teizo ^a   Kimura, Shioko ^b   Munakata, Mitsuru ^a  

^a FUKUSHIMA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Asthma; Genetic polymorphism; Plasma levels; Severity; Uteroglobin related protein 1

Indexed keywords

ADENINE; GUANINE; SECRETORY PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UTEROGLOBIN RELATED PROTEIN 1;

ADULT; ALLELE; ANIMAL CELL; ANTIGEN RECOGNITION; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CELL LINE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; HUMAN; HYBRIDOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MILD PERSISTENT ASTHMA; MODERATE PERSISTENT ASTHMA; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEVERE PERSISTENT ASTHMA;

EID: 40949148695     PISSN: 13238930     EISSN: 14401592     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2332/allergolint.O-07-493     Document Type: Article

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