Role of STAT4 polymorphisms in systemic lupus erythematosus in a Japanese population: A case-control association study of the STAT1-STAT4 region

Arthritis Research and Therapy

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2008, Pages

  Kawasaki, Aya ^a   Ito, Ikue ^a   Hikami, Koki ^a   Ohashi, Jun ^a   Hayashi, Taichi ^a   Goto, Daisuke ^a   Matsumoto, Isao ^a   Ito, Satoshi ^a   Tsutsumi, Akito ^a,b   Koga, Minori ^a   Arinami, Tadao ^a   Graham, Robert R ^c   Hom, Geoffrey ^c   Takasaki, Yoshinari ^d   Hashimoto, Hiroshi ^d   Behrens, Timothy W ^c   Sumida, Takayuki ^a   Tsuchiya, Naoyuki ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

^b KAWASAKI MUNICIPAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^c GENENTECH INC   (United States)

^d Division of Rheumatology   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOUBLE STRANDED DNA ANTIBODY; STAT1 PROTEIN; STAT4 PROTEIN; STAT1 PROTEIN, HUMAN; STAT2 PROTEIN; STAT2 PROTEIN, HUMAN; STAT3 PROTEIN; STAT3 PROTEIN, HUMAN; STAT4 PROTEIN, HUMAN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CAUCASIAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC RISK; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENOTYPE; HAPLOTYPE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; JAPANESE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEPHRITIS; POPULATION GENETICS; RACE DIFFERENCE; RISK FACTOR; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; ASIAN; ETHNOLOGY; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETICS; MALE;

ADULT; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; HAPLOTYPES; HUMANS; LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS, SYSTEMIC; MALE; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; RISK FACTORS; STAT1 TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; STAT2 TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; STAT3 TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; STAT4 TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

EID: 53649085253     PISSN: 14786354     EISSN: 14786362     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/ar2516     Document Type: Article

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