S2554X mutation in the filaggrin gene is associated with allergen sensitization in the Japanese population

Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 125, Issue 2, 2010, Pages

  Imoto, Yoshimasa ^a,b   Enomoto, Hisako ^a   Fujieda, Shigeharu ^b   Okamoto, Masayuki ^b   Sakashita, Masafumi ^b   Susuki, Dai ^b   Okada, Masafumi ^a   Hirota, Tomomitsu ^c   Tamari, Mayumi ^c   Ebe, Kouji ^d   Arinami, Tadao ^a   Noguchi, Emiko ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FUKUI   (Japan)

^c RIKEN   (Japan)

^d Takao Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; FILAGGRIN; GENOMIC DNA; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; KERATIN;

ADULT; ALLERGIC RHINITIS; ASTHMA; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENOTYPE; HEREDITY; HUMAN; HYDRATION; JAPANESE; KERATINOCYTE; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHENOTYPE; POPULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIZATION;

EID: 75849118801     PISSN: 00916749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaci.2009.10.062     Document Type: Letter

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