STAT6 polymorphisms are associated with neonatal regulatory T cells and cytokines and atopic diseases at 3 years

Allergy: European Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 68, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 1249-1258

  Casaca, V I ^a   Illi, S ^a   Klucker, E ^a   Ballenberger, N ^a   Schedel, M ^b   Von Mutius, E ^a   Kabesch, M ^c   Schaub, B ^a  

^a LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b DEPARTMENT OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

atopy; neonates; polymorphisms; STAT6; Tregs

Indexed keywords

GAMMA INTERFERON; GLUCOCORTICOID INDUCED TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR RECEPTOR; GRANULOCYTE MACROPHAGE COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; INTERLEUKIN 13; INTERLEUKIN 5; MESSENGER RNA; STAT6 PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR FOXP3; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; ATOPY; BIRTH; CELL ISOLATION; CHILD; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CYTOKINE RELEASE; CYTOKINE RESPONSE; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FOXP3 GENE; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENOTYPE; GITR GENE; HELPER CELL; HETEROZYGOTE; HOMOZYGOTE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNE RESPONSE; INFANT; LAG3 GENE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATERNAL DISEASE; MATRIX ASSISTED LASER DESORPTION IONIZATION TIME OF FLIGHT MASS SPECTROMETRY; MONONUCLEAR CELL; NEWBORN; NEWBORN PERIOD; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REGULATORY T LYMPHOCYTE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD;

ATOPY; NEONATES; POLYMORPHISMS; STAT6; TREGS;

ALLELES; ANTIGENS, CD; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BRONCHITIS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; CYTOKINES; DERMATITIS, ATOPIC; FEMALE; FORKHEAD TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION STUDIES; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY, IMMEDIATE; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; PATIENT OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; STAT6 TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; T-LYMPHOCYTES, REGULATORY;

EID: 84885957184     PISSN: 01054538     EISSN: 13989995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/all.12220     Document Type: Article

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