The C-509T promoter polymorphism of the transforming growth factor beta-1 gene is associated with levels of total and specific IgE in a Colombian population

International Archives of Allergy and Immunology

Volumn 151, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 237-246

  Acevedo, Nathalie ^a,b   Vergara, Candelaria ^a,b   Gusmão, Leonor ^c   Jiménez, Silvia ^a,b   Martínez, Beatriz ^a   Mercado, Dilia ^a,b   Caraballo, Luis ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE CARTAGENA   (Colombia)

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

^c UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Asthma; Asthma genetics; C 509T polymorphism; Mite allergy; Specific IgE; TGFB1 gene; Total IgE

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA1;

ADULT; ALLELE; ALLERGIC ASTHMA; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BASE MISPAIRING; BLOMIA TROPICALIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DERMATOPHAGOIDES; DNA POLYMORPHISM; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR FAMILY; PHENOTYPE; POPULATION STRUCTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION;

ADULT; ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, DERMATOPHAGOIDES; ASTHMA; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COLOMBIA; DERMATOPHAGOIDES PTERONYSSINUS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; MALE; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA1;

EID: 70349427597     PISSN: 10182438     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000242361     Document Type: Article

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