Toll-like receptor 2 and Toll-like receptor 4 polymorphisms and susceptibility to asthma and allergic rhinitis: A case-control analysis

Cellular Immunology

Volumn 274, Issue 1-2, 2012, Pages 34-38

  Hussein, Yousri M ^a   Awad, Hanan A ^a   Shalaby, Sally M ^a   Ali, Al Shaymaa A ^a   Alzahrani, Saad S ^b  

^a ZAGAZIG UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^b Family Medicine Department   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Allergic rhinitis; Asthma; Gene environment interaction; Innate immunity; TLRs

Indexed keywords

ARGININE; ASPARTIC ACID; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR 2; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR 4;

ALLERGIC RHINITIS; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

ADOLESCENT; ASTHMA; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; MALE; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; RHINITIS, ALLERGIC, SEASONAL; TOLL-LIKE RECEPTOR 2; TOLL-LIKE RECEPTOR 4;

EID: 84859882630     PISSN: 00088749     EISSN: 10902163     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cellimm.2012.02.006     Document Type: Article

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