Associations of IL-4, IL-4R, and IL-13 gene polymorphisms in coal workers' pneumoconiosis in China: A case-control study

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 8, 2011, Pages

  Wang, Meilin ^a   Wang, Shasha ^a   Song, Zhifang ^b   Ji, Xiaomin ^b   Zhang, Zhengdong ^a   Zhou, Jianwei ^a   Ni, Chunhui ^a  

^a NANJING MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b General Hospital of Xuzhou Mining Business Group Co Ltd   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTERLEUKIN 13; INTERLEUKIN 4; INTERLEUKIN 4 RECEPTOR;

AGE; AGED; ALLELE; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHINA; COAL WORKER; COAL WORKER PNEUMOCONIOSIS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DUST EXPOSURE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PNEUMOCONIOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; ANTHRACOSIS; ASIAN; ETHNOLOGY; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETICS; MIDDLE AGED; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

AGED; ANTHRACOSIS; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHINA; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; INTERLEUKIN-13; INTERLEUKIN-4; LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; RECEPTORS, INTERLEUKIN-4;

EID: 79961054449     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0022624     Document Type: Article

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