Quantification of the genetic component of basal C-reactive protein expression in SLE nuclear families

Annals of Human Genetics

Volumn 72, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 611-620

  Rhodes, B ^a   Meek, J ^b   Whittaker, J C ^c   Vyse, Timothy J ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b HAMMERSMITH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

C reactive protein; Cardiovascular disease; Genetics; Systemic lupus erythematosus

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; INTERLEUKIN 6;

ADULT; ALLELE; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CAUCASIAN; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE LOCUS; GENE MAPPING; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HAPLOTYPE; HERITABILITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR FAMILY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCUS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; VARIANCE;

BASE SEQUENCE; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; COHORT STUDIES; DNA; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; HAPLOTYPES; HUMANS; INTERLEUKIN-1BETA; INTERLEUKIN-6; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS, SYSTEMIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUCLEAR FAMILY; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 45049087658     PISSN: 00034800     EISSN: 14691809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-1809.2008.00444.x     Document Type: Article

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