Genetic basis of tobacco smoking: Strong association of a specifc major histocompatibility complex haplotype on chromosome 6 with smoking behavior

International Immunology

Volumn 16, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 1507-1514

  Füst, George ^a   Arason, Gudmundur J ^b   Kramer, Judith ^c   Szalai, Csaba ^d   Duba, Jeno ^e   Yang, Yan ^f   Chung, Erwin K ^f   Zhou, Bi ^f   Blanchong, Carol A ^f   Lokki, Marja Liisa ^g   Bödvarsson, Sigurdur ^b   Prohászka, Zoltán ^a   Karádi, István ^a   Vatay, Ágnes ^a   Kovács, Margit ^a   Romics, László ^a   Thorgeirsson, Gudmundur ^b   Yu, C Yung ^f  

^a SEMMELWEIS UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^b LANDSPITALI UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Iceland)

^c ST JOHN'S HOSPITAL   (Hungary)

^d HEIM PÁL CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Hungary)

^e National Institute of Cardiology Budapest   (Hungary)

^f OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Ancestral MHC haplotype; Complement component C4A deficiency; Odorant receptors; Tobacco smoking; Tumor Necrosis factor

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C4B; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 3; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME 6; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; FEMALE; GENE CLUSTER; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; HUNGARY; ICELAND; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; MALE; OLFACTORY RECEPTOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; RECEPTOR GENE; SMOKING HABIT; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ADULT; BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 6; COMPLEMENT C4A; COMPLEMENT C4B; CORONARY ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HAPLOTYPES; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGENS; HUMANS; HUNGARY; ICELAND; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; RECEPTORS, ODORANT; SEX FACTORS; SMOKING; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA;

EID: 5044245847     PISSN: 09538178     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/intimm/dxh152     Document Type: Article

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