Association of STAT6 variants with asthma risk: A systematic review and meta-analysis

Human Immunology

Volumn 75, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 847-853

  Qian, Xubo ^a   Gao, Yuan ^b   Ye, Xiaohong ^a   Lu, Meiping ^c  

^a Department of General Practice Xiguan Community Health care Center   (China)

^b Jinhua Central Hospital   (China)

^c CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (China)

Author keywords

Asthma; Genetic polymorphism; Meta analysis; STAT6

Indexed keywords

STAT6 PROTEIN; STAT6 PROTEIN, HUMAN;

ALLELE; ALLERGIC ASTHMA; ARTICLE; BIBLIOGRAPHIC DATABASE; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MULTICENTER STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; ADULT; ASTHMA; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILD; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETICS; META ANALYSIS; PATHOLOGY; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

ADULT; ASTHMA; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; ODDS RATIO; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; RISK; STAT6 TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

EID: 84905114043     PISSN: 01988859     EISSN: 18791166     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.humimm.2014.06.007     Document Type: Article

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