A genome-wide association meta-analysis of self-reported allergy identifies shared and allergy-specific susceptibility loci

Nature Genetics

Volumn 45, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 907-911

  Hinds, David A ^a   McMahon, George ^b   Kiefer, Amy K ^a   Do, Chuong B ^a   Eriksson, Nicholas ^a   Evans, David M ^b   St Pourcain, Beate ^b   Ring, Susan M ^b   Mountain, Joanna L ^a   Francke, Uta ^a   Davey Smith, George ^b   Timpson, Nicholas J ^b   Tung, Joyce Y ^a  

^a 23andMe Inc ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HLA ANTIGEN CLASS 2; HLA C ANTIGEN; INHIBITOR OF DIFFERENTIATION 2; INTERLEUKIN 13; INTERLEUKIN 33; PROTEIN BCL 6; THYMIC STROMAL LYMPHOPOIETIN; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR 1; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR 10; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR 6; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR GATA 3;

ALLELE; ALLERGY; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CAT; CHROMOSOME 20Q; CHROMOSOME 2Q; CHROMOSOME 3Q; CHROMOSOME 5P; CHROMOSOME 6P; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; HOUSE DUST ALLERGY; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; INNATE IMMUNITY; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; META ANALYSIS; PHENOTYPE; POLLEN ALLERGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AGED; ALLERGENS; ANIMALS; CATS; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; GENETIC LOCI; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; PYROGLYPHIDAE; SELF REPORT; YOUNG ADULT;

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EID: 84881026639     PISSN: 10614036     EISSN: 15461718     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ng.2686     Document Type: Article

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