Genetic analysis of an allergic rhinitis cohort reveals an intercellular epistasis between FAM134B and CD39

BMC Medical Genetics

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Melchiotti, Rossella ^a,b   Puan, Kia J ^a   Andiappan, Anand K ^a   Poh, Tuang Y ^a   Starke, Mireille ^a   Zhuang, Li ^a   Petsch, Kerstin ^a   Lai, Tuck S ^a   Chew, Fook T ^c   Larbi, Anis ^a   Wang, De Y ^c   Poidinger, Michael ^a   Rotzschke, Olaf ^a  

^a AGENCY FOR SCIENCE   (Singapore)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

^c NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Allergic rhinitis; Epistasis; eQTLs; Monocyte; Treg

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; CELL PROTEIN; ECTONUCLEOSIDE TRIPHOSPHATE DIPHOSPHOHYDROLASE 1; FAM134B PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; CD39 ANTIGEN; PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTOME;

ADULT; ALLERGIC RHINITIS; ARTICLE; CD39 GENE; CELL SELECTION; CELL SURFACE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENZYME RELEASE; EPISTASIS; FAM134B GENE; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MONOCYTE; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN INTERACTION; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REGULATORY T LYMPHOCYTE; T LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; UPREGULATION; ATOPY; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CELL DAMAGE; ETHNICITY; GENE CLUSTER; GENE INTERACTION; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC RISK; GENOTYPE; LEUKOCYTE; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1;

ANTIGENS, CD; APYRASE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; EPISTASIS, GENETIC; GENETIC VARIATION; HUMANS; MONOCYTES; NEOPLASM PROTEINS; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RHINITIS, ALLERGIC, PERENNIAL; T-LYMPHOCYTES, REGULATORY;

EID: 84902890653     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712350     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2350-15-73     Document Type: Article

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