The interleukin 4 receptor gene and its role in recurrent airway obstruction in Swiss Warmblood horses

Animal Genetics

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 450-453

  Klukowska Rotzler J ^a   Swinburne, J E ^b   Drogemuller C ^a   Dolf, G ^a   Janda, J ^a   Leeb, T ^a   Gerber, V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b ANIMAL HEALTH TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Association; Expression; Horse; Interleukin 4 receptor; Recurrent airway obstruction

Indexed keywords

INTERLEUKIN 4 RECEPTOR; MESSENGER RNA;

AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ALLELE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CLASSIFICATION; CYTOLOGY; ENVIRONMENT; GENETICS; HORSE; HORSE DISEASE; LUNG LAVAGE; METABOLISM; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCUS; RECURRENT DISEASE;

AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ALLELES; ANIMALS; BRONCHOALVEOLAR LAVAGE FLUID; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; ENVIRONMENT; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCI; RECEPTORS, INTERLEUKIN-4; RECURRENCE; RNA, MESSENGER;

EQUIDAE;

EID: 84863724335     PISSN: 02689146     EISSN: 13652052     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2052.2011.02277.x     Document Type: Article

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