Replication and Meta-Analysis of GWAS Identified Susceptibility Loci in Kawasaki Disease Confirm the Importance of B Lymphoid Tyrosine Kinase (BLK) in Disease Susceptibility

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 8, 2013, Pages

  Chang, Chia Jung ^a,b   Kuo, Ho Chang ^c,d   Chang, Jeng Sheng ^e   Lee, Jong Keuk ^f   Tsai, Fuu Jen ^e,g,h   Khor, Chiea Chuen ^i,j   Chang, Li Ching ^b   Chen, Shih Ping ^b   Ko, Tai Ming ^b   Liu, Yi Min ^b   Chen, Ying Ju ^b   Hong, Young Mi ^k   Jang, Gi Young ^l   Hibberd, Martin L ⁱ   Kuijpers, Taco ^m   Burgner, David ^n,o   Levin, Michael ^p   Burns, Jane C ^q   Davila, Sonia ^i,j   Chen, Yuan Tsong ^a,b,r   Chen, Chien Hsiun ^b,f   Wu, Jer Yuarn ^b,f   Lee, Yi Ching ^s,t   more..

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b INSTITUTE OF BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES   (Taiwan)

^c CHANG GUNG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^d CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (Taiwan)

^e CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^f University of Ulsan College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^g CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^h ASIA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

ⁱ GENOME INSTITUTE OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^j NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^k Ewha Womans University   (South Korea)

^l Korea University Ansan Hospital   (South Korea)

^m EMMA CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

ⁿ ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^o UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^p IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^q UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^r DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^s NATIONAL TSING HUA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^t INSTITUTE OF CELLULAR AND ORGANISMIC BIOLOGY   (Taiwan)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN;

ARTICLE; ASIAN; B LYMPHOCYTE; BLK GENE; CD40 GENE; CELL POPULATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; EUROPE; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INTRON; JAPANESE; KOREA; LEUKOCYTE; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MUCOCUTANEOUS LYMPH NODE SYNDROME; PATHOGENESIS; PERIPHERAL BLOOD MONONUCLEAR CELL; PROMOTER REGION; REPLICATION STUDY; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; TAIWAN;

ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; B-LYMPHOCYTES; CELL LINE, TRANSFORMED; COHORT STUDIES; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; GENETIC LOCI; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; HUMANS; LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; MUCOCUTANEOUS LYMPH NODE SYNDROME; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; REPUBLIC OF KOREA; SRC-FAMILY KINASES; TAIWAN;

EID: 84883353747     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0072037     Document Type: Article

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