Gene expression profiling and association studies implicate the neuregulin signaling pathway in Behçet's disease susceptibility

Journal of Molecular Medicine

Volumn 91, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 1013-1023

  Xavier, Joana M ^a,b   Krug, Tiago ^a,b   Davatchi, Fereydoun ^c   Shahram, Farhad ^c   Fonseca, Benedita V ^a,b   Jesus, Gorete ^d   Barcelos, Filipe ^e   Vedes, Joana ^f   Salgado, Manuel ^g   Abdollahi, Bahar Sadeghi ^c   Nadji, Abdolhadi ^c   Moraes Fontes, Maria Francisca ^h   Shafiee, Niloofar Mojarad ^c   Ghaderibarmi, Fahmida ^c   Vaz Patto, José ^e   Crespo, Jorge ^g   Oliveira, Sofia A ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTO DE MEDICINA MOLECULAR   (Portugal)

^b INSTITUTO GULBENKIAN DE CIÊNCIA   (Portugal)

^c TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^d Hospital Infante D Pedro EPE   (Portugal)

^e INSTITUTO PORTUGUÊS DE REUMATOLOGIA   (Portugal)

^f Hospital de Sousa Martins   (Portugal)

^g CENTRO HOSPITALAR E UNIVERSITÁRIO DE COIMBRA   (Portugal)

^h HOSPITAL CURRY CABRAL   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Association study; Beh et's disease; Genetic epidemiology; Genetics; Microarray

Indexed keywords

AMPHIREGULIN; AZATHIOPRINE; CYCLOSPORIN; DEFLAZACORT; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR; EPIREGULIN; NEU DIFFERENTIATION FACTOR; THALIDOMIDE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHCET DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE INTERACTION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; IRAN; MALE; MULTIFACTOR DIMENSIONALITY REDUCTION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERIPHERAL BLOOD MONONUCLEAR CELL; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BEHCET SYNDROME; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; GLYCOPROTEINS; HUMANS; INTERCELLULAR SIGNALING PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; LEUKOCYTES, MONONUCLEAR; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUREGULIN-1; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84881262414     PISSN: 09462716     EISSN: 14321440     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00109-013-1022-4     Document Type: Article

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