Genetic variants in the GATA3 gene are not associated with asthma and atopic diseases in German children

Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 123, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1179-1181

  Suttner, Kathrin ^a   Depner, Martin ^b   Klopp, Norman ^c   Illig, Thomas ^c   Vogelberg, Christian ^c   Adamski, Jerzy ^d   von Mutius, Erika ^b   Kabesch, Michael ^a  

^a HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

^b LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL CARL GUSTAV CARUS   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTERLEUKIN 13; INTERLEUKIN 4; INTERLEUKIN 5; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR GATA 3;

3' UNTRANSLATED REGION; ASTHMA; ATOPY; CHILD; ECZEMA; GATA3 GENE; GENE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENE LOCUS; GENE SILENCING; GENE STRUCTURE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; GERMANY; HAY FEVER; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOREGULATION; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; TH1 CELL; TH2 CELL;

CHILD; GATA3 TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENOTYPE; GERMANY; HAPLOTYPES; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY; LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; TH2 CELLS;

EID: 67349159080     PISSN: 00916749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaci.2009.02.008     Document Type: Letter

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