Polymorphisms in toll-like receptor 4 gene are associated with asthma severity but not susceptibility in a Chinese Han population

Journal of Investigational Allergology and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 370-377

  Zhang, Q ^a   Qian, F H ^b   Zhou, L F ^a   Wei, G Z ^a   Jin, G F ^a   Bai, J L ^a   Yin, K S ^a  

^a NANJING MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b JIANGSU UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Asthma; Atopy; Phenotype; Polymorphism; Toll like receptor 4

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR 4;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALLELE; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; ATOPY; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CASE STUDY; CHINESE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DNA FLANKING REGION; EOSINOPHIL COUNT; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; FORCED VITAL CAPACITY; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC RISK; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE PHENOTYPE CORRELATION; HAPLOTYPE; HOMOZYGOTE; HUMAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; LUNG FUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRICK TEST; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; RECEPTOR GENE; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SMOKING HABIT; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR 4 GENE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ASTHMA; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; CHINA; DISEASE PROGRESSION; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; EOSINOPHILIA; FEMALE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION STUDIES; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUTATION; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; TOLL-LIKE RECEPTOR 4;

EID: 80051707475     PISSN: 10189068     EISSN: 16980808     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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