IFNG genotype and sex interact to influence the risk of childhood asthma

Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 128, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 524-531

  Loisel, Dagan A ^a   Tan, Zheng ^a   Tisler, Christopher J ^b   Evans, Michael D ^b   Gangnon, Ronald E ^b   Jackson, Daniel J ^b   Gern, James E ^b   Lemanske Jr , Robert F ^b   Ober, Carole ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

association study; asthma; children; IFN ; sex differences; single nucleotide polymorphism

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; GAMMA INTERFERON; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; PREDNISONE; SALBUTAMOL;

ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHILD; CHILDHOOD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; COUGHING; FEMALE; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENE LOCUS; GENE REPLICATION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HETEROZYGOSITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; VIRUS INFECTION; WHEEZING;

ASTHMA; CHILD; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; INTERFERON-GAMMA; MALE; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 80052263017     PISSN: 00916749     EISSN: 10976825     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaci.2011.06.016     Document Type: Article

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