Urban-rural differences in the gene expression profiles of Ghanaian children

Genes and Immunity

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 313-319

  Amoah, A S ^a,b   Obeng, B B ^a,b   May, L ^b   Kruize, Y C ^b   Larbi, I A ^a   Kabesch, M ^c   Wilson, M D ^a   Hartgers, F C ^b   Boakye, D A ^a   Yazdanbakhsh, M ^b  

^a University of Ghana   (Ghana)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL REGENSBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; INTERLEUKIN 10; MESSENGER RNA; PROGRAMMED DEATH 1 RECEPTOR; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR 2; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR 4; IL10 PROTEIN, HUMAN; PDCD1 PROTEIN, HUMAN;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC DIFFERENCE; GENETIC REGULATION; GENOTYPE ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; GHANA; HELMINTHIASIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNE RESPONSE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALE; NONHUMAN; PARASITOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; RURAL AREA; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SOCIAL STATUS; URBAN AREA; URBAN RURAL DIFFERENCE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETICS; METABOLISM; POVERTY; RURAL POPULATION; URBAN POPULATION; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GENE EXPRESSION; GHANAIAN; HEALTH STATUS; IL 10 GENE; IMMUNE SYSTEM; SCHOOL; SCHOOL CHILD; TLR 2 GENE; TLR 4 GENE;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GHANA; HELMINTHIASIS; HUMANS; INTERLEUKIN-10; MALARIA; MALE; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; POVERTY; PROGRAMMED CELL DEATH 1 RECEPTOR; RNA, MESSENGER; RURAL POPULATION; TOLL-LIKE RECEPTORS; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 84905029077     PISSN: 14664879     EISSN: 14765470     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/gene.2014.21     Document Type: Article

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