The autoimmunity-associated BLK haplotype exhibits cis-regulatory effects on mrna and protein expression that are prominently observed in b cells early in development

Human Molecular Genetics

Volumn 21, Issue 17, 2012, Pages 3918-3925

  Simpfendorfer, Kim R ^a   Olsson, Lina M ^a   Manjarrez Orduño, Nataly ^a   Khalili, Houman ^a   Simeone, Alyssa M ^a   Katz, Matthew S ^a   Lee, Annette T ^a   Diamond, Betty ^a   Gregersen, Peter K ^a  

^a FEINSTEIN INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

B LYMPHOCYTE KINASE; MESSENGER RNA; PROTEIN KINASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; B LYMPHOCYTE; B LYMPHOCYTE DIFFERENTIATION; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CD8+ T LYMPHOCYTE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HAPLOTYPE; HOMOZYGOSITY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IN VITRO STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; THYMUS; TONSIL; UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ADULT; ALLELES; ALLELIC IMBALANCE; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; AUTOIMMUNITY; B-LYMPHOCYTES; CELL LINE; FETAL BLOOD; HAPLOTYPES; HOMOZYGOTE; HUMANS; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; REGULATORY SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; RISK FACTORS; RNA, MESSENGER; SRC-FAMILY KINASES; T-LYMPHOCYTES;

EID: 84865071401     PISSN: 09646906     EISSN: 14602083     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/hmg/dds220     Document Type: Article

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