The role of AIRE polymorphisms in melanoma

Clinical Immunology

Volumn 136, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 96-104

  Conteduca, G ^a   Ferrera, F ^a   Pastorino, L ^a   Fenoglio, D ^a,b   Negrini, S ^a,b   Sormani, M P ^a   Indiveri, F ^a,b   Scarrà, G Bianchi ^a   Filaci, G ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

Author keywords

AIRE; Medullary thymic epithelial cells; Melanoma associated antigens; Promiscuously expressed genes

Indexed keywords

AUTOIMMUNE REGULATOR PROTEIN; MELANOMA ANTIGEN; MELANOMA ANTIGEN 1;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER SUSCEPTIBILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC RISK; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MELANOMA; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; ANTIGENS, NEOPLASM; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENES, T-CELL RECEPTOR BETA; GENOTYPE; HETEROZYGOTE; HOMOZYGOTE; HUMANS; MALE; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, MOLECULAR; NEOPLASM PROTEINS; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; RNA STABILITY; RNA, MESSENGER; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; THERMODYNAMICS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77953019686     PISSN: 15216616     EISSN: 15217035     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clim.2010.03.002     Document Type: Article

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