Functional analysis of a polymorphism in the promoter region of the IL-12/23p40 gene

Clinical and Experimental Allergy

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 228-235

  Shimokawa, N ^a   Nishiyama, C ^a   Hirota, T ^b   Tamari, M ^b   Hara, M ^a   Ikeda, S ^a   Okumura, K ^a   Ogawa, H ^a  

^a JUNTENDO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b INST OF PHYS AND CHEMICAL RESEARCH   (Japan)

Author keywords

IL 12 23p40; Polymorphism; Promoter; Sp1

Indexed keywords

INTERLEUKIN 12; INTERLEUKIN 23; PROTEIN P40; PROTEIN P70;

ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BINDING AFFINITY; CHROMATIN IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; DNA POLYMORPHISM; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GEL MOBILITY SHIFT ASSAY; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE FUNCTION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC IDENTIFICATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN VIVO STUDY; MONOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

CELL LINE, TUMOR; CHROMATIN IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; ELECTROPHORETIC MOBILITY SHIFT ASSAY; GENES, REPORTER; HETEROZYGOTE; HOMOZYGOTE; HUMANS; INTERFERON-GAMMA; INTERLEUKIN-12; INTERLEUKIN-12 SUBUNIT P40; INTERLEUKIN-23; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES; MONOCYTES; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; PROTEIN BINDING; SP1 TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTIONAL ACTIVATION; TRANSFECTION; U937 CELLS;

EID: 58849163688     PISSN: 09547894     EISSN: 13652222     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2222.2008.03165.x     Document Type: Article

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