Are genes associated with energy metabolism important in asthma and BMI?

Journal of Asthma

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 53-58

  Szczepankiewicz, Aleksandra ^a   Brȩborowicz, Anna ^a   Sobkowiak, Paulina ^a   Popiel, Anna ^a  

^a POZNAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Poland)

Author keywords

Asthma; Body mass index (BMI); Ghrelin gene; Leptin gene; Leptin receptor gene; Linkage disequilibrium; Polymorphism

Indexed keywords

DNA; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; LEPTIN; LEPTIN RECEPTOR; GHRELIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALLERGIC ASTHMA; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BODY MASS; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENERGY METABOLISM; FEMALE; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENOTYPE; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRICK TEST; RECEPTOR GENE; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SKIN TEST; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETICS; HAPLOTYPE; METABOLISM; POLAND; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

ADOLESCENT; ASTHMA; BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; ENERGY METABOLISM; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENOTYPE; GHRELIN; HAPLOTYPES; HUMANS; LEPTIN; LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; MALE; POLAND; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; RECEPTORS, LEPTIN;

EID: 60549110544     PISSN: 02770903     EISSN: 15324303     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02770900802460514     Document Type: Article

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