Genome-wide scan on total serum IgE levels identifies FCER1A as novel susceptibility locus

PLoS Genetics

Volumn 4, Issue 8, 2008, Pages

  Weidinger, Stephan ^a,b   Gieger, Christian ^b,c   Rodriguez, Elke ^a   Baurecht, Hansjörg ^a,d   Mempel, Martin ^a,b   Klopp, Norman ^b   Gohlke, Henning ^b   Wagenpfeil, Stefan ^a,d   Ollert, Markus ^a,b   Ring, Johannes ^a   Behrendt, Heidrun ^a,b   Heinrich, Joachim ^b   Novak, Natalija ^e   Bieber, Thomas ^e   Krämer, Ursula ^f   Berdel, Dietrich ^g   Von Berg, Andrea ^g   Bauer, Carl Peter ^a   Herbarth, Olf ^h   Koletzko, Sibylle ⁱ   Prokisch, Holger ^b,j   Mehta, Divya ^b,j   Meitinger, Thomas ^b,j   Depner, Martin ⁱ   Von Mutius, Erika ⁱ   Liang, Liming ^k   Moffatt, Miriam ^l   Cookson, William ^l   Kabesch, Michael ⁱ   Wichmann, H Erich ^b,c   Illig, Thomas ^b   more..

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^d TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^f HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^g Marien Hospital Dortmund   (Germany)

^h HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

ⁱ LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^j TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^k Section on Statistical Genetics   (United States)

^l NATIONAL HEART AND LUNG INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; STAT6 PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR GATA 2; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; FCER1A PROTEIN, HUMAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E RECEPTOR; POLYDEOXYRIBONUCLEOTIDE SYNTHASE; RAD50 PROTEIN, HUMAN; STAT6 PROTEIN, HUMAN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; BASOPHIL; CELL SURFACE; CHROMOSOME 1Q; CHROMOSOME 5Q; FCER1A GENE; FEMALE; GENE; GENE CLUSTER; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOMICS; HUMAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; POST HOC ANALYSIS; RAD50 GENE; SENSITIZATION; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; BLOOD; CHROMOSOME 1; CHROMOSOME 5; COHORT ANALYSIS; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETICS; GERMANY; IMMEDIATE TYPE HYPERSENSITIVITY; IMMUNOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIGENE FAMILY;

VERMES;

ADULT; AGED; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 1; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 5; COHORT STUDIES; DNA REPAIR ENZYMES; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GERMANY; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY, IMMEDIATE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIGENE FAMILY; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; RECEPTORS, IGE; STAT6 TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

EID: 50849120030     PISSN: 15537390     EISSN: 15537404     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1000166     Document Type: Article

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