Genome-wide association study identifies three new susceptibility loci for adult asthma in the Japanese population

Nature Genetics

Volumn 43, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 893-896

  Hirota, Tomomitsu ^a   Takahashi, Atsushi ^a   Kubo, Michiaki ^a   Tsunoda, Tatsuhiko ^a   Tomita, Kaori ^a   Doi, Satoru ^b   Fujita, Kimie ^c   Miyatake, Akihiko ^c   Enomoto, Tadao ^d   Miyagawa, Takehiko ^e   Adachi, Mitsuru ^f   Tanaka, Hiroshi ^g   Niimi, Akio ^h   Matsumoto, Hisako ^h   Ito, Isao ^h   Masuko, Hironori ⁱ   Sakamoto, Tohru ⁱ   Hizawa, Nobuyuki ⁱ   Taniguchi, Masami ^j   Lima, John J ^k   Irvin, Charles G ^l   Peters, Stephen P ^m   Himes, Blanca E ⁿ   Litonjua, Augusto A ⁿ   Tantisira, Kelan G ⁿ   Weiss, Scott T ⁿ   Kamatani, Naoyuki ^a   Nakamura, Yusuke ^o   Tamari, Mayumi ^a   more..

^a RIKEN   (Japan)

^b OSAKA PREFECTURAL MEDICAL CENTER FOR RESPIRATORY AND ALLERGIC DISEASES   (Japan)

^c Miyatake Asthma Clinic   (Japan)

^d NPO Japan Health Promotion Supporting Network   (Japan)

^e Miyagawa Clinic   (Japan)

^f SHOWA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^g SAPPORO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^h KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

^j SAGAMIHARA NATIONAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^k NEMOURS CHILDREN S CLINIC   (United States)

^l UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^m WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

ⁿ BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^o UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

more..

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HLA DQ ANTIGEN; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 3; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PROTEIN WDR36; THYMIC STROMAL LYMPHOPOIETIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR GATA 3; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CHROMOSOME 10P; CHROMOSOME 12Q; CHROMOSOME 4Q; CHROMOSOME 5Q; CONTROLLED STUDY; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; FORCED VITAL CAPACITY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENE LOCUS; GENE MAPPING; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; JAPANESE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; TH2 CELL;

ADULT; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; ASTHMA; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 10; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 12; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 4; GENETIC LOCI; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; HUMANS; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE;

EID: 80052273202     PISSN: 10614036     EISSN: 15461718     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ng.887     Document Type: Article

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