A thymic stromal lymphopoietin gene variant is associated with asthma and airway hyperresponsiveness

Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 124, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 222-229

  He, Jian Qing ^a   Hallstrand, Teal S ^b   Knight, Darryl ^a   Chan Yeung, Moira ^a   Sandford, Andrew ^a   Tripp, Ben ^a   Zamar, David ^a   Bossé, Yohan ^c,d   Kozyrskyj, Anita L ^e,f   James, Alan ^g   Laprise, Catherine ^h,i   Daley, Denise ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^g SIR CHARLES GAIRDNER HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^h UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À CHICOUTIMI   (Canada)

ⁱ UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Airway hyperresponsiveness; association study; asthma genetics; atopy; polymorphisms; thymic stromal lymphopoietin

Indexed keywords

THYMIC STROMAL LYMPHOPOIETIN;

ALLELE; ALLERGIC ASTHMA; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; ATOPY; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; GENE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; THYMIC STROMAL LYMPHOPOIETIN GENE;

ALLELES; ASTHMA; BRONCHIAL HYPERREACTIVITY; CYTOKINES; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; MALE; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 67849132402     PISSN: 00916749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaci.2009.04.018     Document Type: Article

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