Genome-wide association study of asthma identifies RAD50-IL13 and HLA-DR/DQ regions

Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 125, Issue 2, 2010, Pages

  Li, Xingnan ^a   Howard, Timothy D ^a   Zheng, Siqun L ^a   Haselkorn, Tmirah ^b   Peters, Stephen P ^a   Meyers, Deborah A ^a   Bleecker, Eugene R ^a  

^a WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b EpiMetrix Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIASTHMATIC AGENT; HLA ANTIGEN CLASS 2; HLA DQ ANTIGEN; HLA DQA2 ANTIGEN; HLA DQB1 ANTIGEN; HLA DR ANTIGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; INTERLEUKIN 13; RAD50 PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

3' UNTRANSLATED REGION; ADULT; ANTIGEN FUNCTION; ANTIGEN PRESENTATION; ANTIGEN STRUCTURE; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHROMOSOME 5Q; CHROMOSOME 6P; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; INTRON; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PATHOGENESIS; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; TH2 CELL;

EID: 75849162175     PISSN: 00916749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaci.2009.11.018     Document Type: Article

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