Association of G-protein-coupled receptor 154 with asthma and total IgE in a population of the Caribbean coast of Colombia

Clinical and Experimental Allergy

Volumn 39, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1558-1568

  Vergara, C ^a,b   Jimenez S ^a,b   Acevedo, N ^a,b   Martinez B ^a   Mercado, D ^a   Gusmao L ^c   Rafaels, N ^d   Hand, T ^d   Barnes, K C ^d   Caraballo, L ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE CARTAGENA   (Colombia)

^b Foundation for the Development of Medical and Biological Sciences   (Colombia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Allergy; Asthma; Colombia; G protein coupled receptor 154; Immunoglobulin E

Indexed keywords

G PROTEIN COUPLED RECEPTOR; G PROTEIN COUPLED RECEPTOR 154; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; ATOPY; BLOMIA TROPICALIS; BLOOD LEVEL; COLOMBIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DERMATOPHAGOIDES PTERONYSSINUS; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE REPLICATION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENOTYPE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALLELES; ANIMALS; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ANTIGENS, DERMATOPHAGOIDES; ASTHMA; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COLOMBIA; FEMALE; HAPLOTYPES; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; MALE; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; RECEPTORS, G-PROTEIN-COUPLED;

EID: 70349146171     PISSN: 09547894     EISSN: 13652222     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2222.2009.03311.x     Document Type: Article

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