Sex-stratified linkage analysis identifies a female-specific locus for IgE to cockroach in Costa Ricans

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 177, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 830-836

  Hunninghake, Gary M ^a,b   Lasky Su, Jessica ^a,b,c   Soto Quirós, Manuel E ^d   Avila, Lydiana ^d   Liang, Catherine ^a   Lake, Stephen L ^a,b   Hudson, Thomas J ^e   Spesny, Mitzi ^d   Fournier, Eduardo ^d   Sylvia, Jody S ^d   Freimer, Nelson B ^f   Klanderman, Barbara J ^a,b   Raby, Benjamin A ^a,b   Celedón, Juan C ^a,b,g  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d HOSPITAL NACIONAL DE NIÑOS   (Costa Rica)

^e ONTARIO INSTITUTE FOR CANCER RESEARCH   (Canada)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^g CHANNING LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Immunoglobulin E; Linkage; Single nucleotide polymorphisms; Thymic stromal lymphopoietin

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; CYTOKINE; THYMIC STROMAL LYMPHOPOIETIN;

ARTICLE; ASCARIS LUMBRICOIDES; ASTHMA; BLATTA GERMANICA; CHROMOSOME 5Q; CHROMOSOME 7Q; COCKROACH; CONTROLLED STUDY; COSTA RICA; DERMATOPHAGOIDES PTERONYSSINUS; FEMALE; GENE LOCUS; GENOTYPE; HERITABILITY; HUMAN; LINKAGE ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANIMAL; CHILD; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PEDIGREE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALLERGENS; ANIMALS; ASTHMA; CHILD; COCKROACHES; COSTA RICA; CYTOKINES; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; LINKAGE (GENETICS); MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PEDIGREE; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 42949171910     PISSN: 1073449X     EISSN: 15354970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1164/rccm.200711-1697OC     Document Type: Article

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