Analysis of DEFB1 regulatory SNPs in cystic fibrosis patients from North-Eastern Italy

International Journal of Immunogenetics

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 169-175

  Segat, L ^a   Morgutti, M ^a   Athanasakis, E ^a   Trevisiol, C ^b   Amaddeo, A ^a   Poli, F ^a   Crovella, S ^a  

^a INSTITUTE FOR MATERNAL AND CHILD HEALTH IRCCS BURLO GAROFOLO   (Italy)

^b San Polo Hospital   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEFB1 PROTEIN; FLUORESCENT DYE; PROTEIN; TRANSMEMBRANE CONDUCTANCE REGULATOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; 5' UNTRANSLATED REGION; BETA DEFENSIN; CFTR PROTEIN, HUMAN; CYSTIC FIBROSIS TRANSMEMBRANE CONDUCTANCE REGULATOR; DEFB1 PROTEIN, HUMAN;

3' UNTRANSLATED REGION; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; GENE; GENOTYPE; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; INFANT; INFLAMMATION; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATHOGENESIS; PHENOTYPE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PSEUDOMONAS INFECTION; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SCHOOL CHILD; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; 5' UNTRANSLATED REGION; ALLELE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMPLICATION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; INNATE IMMUNITY; NEWBORN;

PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

5' UNTRANSLATED REGIONS; ADOLESCENT; ALLELES; BETA-DEFENSINS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHRONIC DISEASE; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; CYSTIC FIBROSIS TRANSMEMBRANE CONDUCTANCE REGULATOR; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENOTYPE; HAPLOTYPES; HUMANS; IMMUNITY, INNATE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; ITALY; MALE; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; PSEUDOMONAS INFECTIONS;

EID: 77953566873     PISSN: 17443121     EISSN: 1744313X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-313X.2010.00907.x     Document Type: Article

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