Polymorphisms in the sialic acid-binding immunoglobulin-like lectin-8 (Siglec-8) gene are associated with susceptibility to asthma

European Journal of Human Genetics

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 713-719

  Gao, Pei Song ^a   Shimizu, Kenichi ^b   Grant, Audrey V ^a   Rafaels, Nicholas ^a   Zhou, Lin Fu ^a,c   Hudson, Sherry A ^a   Konno, Satoshi ^b   Zimmermann, Nives ^a   Araujo, Maria I ^d   Ponte, Eduardo V ^e   Cruz, Alvaro A ^e   Nishimura, Masaharu ^b   Su, Song Nan ^f   Hizawa, Nobuyuki ^g   Beaty, Terry H ^h   Mathias, Rasika A ^a   Rothenberg, Marc E ^g   Barnes, Kathleen C ^a   Bochner, Bruce S ^a  

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

^b HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c NANJING MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d Hospital Universitario   (Brazil)

^e FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF BAHIA   (Brazil)

^f Taipei Veterans General Veterans ^*  (Taiwan)

^g UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

^h JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Asthma; Eosinophilic esophagitis; Polymorphisms; Sialic acid binding immunoglobulin like lectin 8 (Siglec8)

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; SIALIC ACID BINDING IMMUNOGLOBULIN LIKE LECTIN 8; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ALLELE; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BRAZILIAN; CAUCASIAN; CELL STRAIN HEK293; CONTROLLED STUDY; EOSINOPHILIC ESOPHAGITIS; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; GENE LOCUS; GENE REPLICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC RISK; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; JAPANESE; LIGAND BINDING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; ANTIGENS, CD; ANTIGENS, DIFFERENTIATION, B-LYMPHOCYTE; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; ASTHMA; BRAZIL; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; HUMANS; LECTINS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77952674670     PISSN: 10184813     EISSN: 14765438     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ejhg.2009.239     Document Type: Article

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