Genome-wide association study identifies TNFSF13 as a susceptibility gene for IgA in a South Chinese population in smokers

Immunogenetics

Volumn 64, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 747-753

  Yang, Chen ^a   Jie, Wang ^a   Yanlong, Yang ^a   Xuefeng, Guo ^a   Aihua, Tan ^a   Yong, Gao ^a   Zheng, Lu ^a   Youjie, Zhang ^a   Haiying, Zhang ^a   Xue, Qin ^a   Min, Qin ^a   Linjian, Mo ^a   Xiaobo, Yang ^a   Yanling, Hu ^a   Zengnan, Mo ^a  

^a GUANGXI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Genome wide association studies (GWAS); IgA; Nonsmokers; Serum; Smoking; TNFSF13

Indexed keywords

APRIL PROTEIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHINESE; CHROMOSOME 17; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; MULTIPLE LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SMOKING;

ADULT; AGED; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CHINA; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 17; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; GENOTYPE; HAPLOTYPES; HUMANS; IGA DEFICIENCY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR LIGAND SUPERFAMILY MEMBER 13; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84866738826     PISSN: 00937711     EISSN: 14321211     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00251-012-0636-y     Document Type: Article

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