Genomewide association study identifies HAS2 as a novel susceptibility gene for adult asthma in a Japanese population

Clinical and Experimental Allergy

Volumn 44, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 1327-1334

  Yatagai, Y ^a   Sakamoto, T ^a   Yamada, H ^a   Masuko, H ^a   Kaneko, Y ^a   Iijima, H ^b   Naito, T ^b   Noguchi, E ^a   Hirota, T ^c   Tamari, M ^c   Konno, S ^d   Nishimura, M ^d   Hizawa, N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

^b Tsukuba Medical Center   (Japan)

^c INST OF PHYS AND CHEMICAL RESEARCH   (Japan)

^d HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Asthma; Genomewide association study; Hyaluronan; Hyaluronan synthase 2

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; MESSENGER RNA; GLUCURONOSYLTRANSFERASE; HAS2 PROTEIN, HUMAN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; ATOPY; BONE MARROW; BRAIN; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; FORCED VITAL CAPACITY; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HAS2 GENE; HEART; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; JAPANESE (PEOPLE); KIDNEY; LEUKOCYTE; LIVER; LUNG; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCUS; REPLICATION STUDY; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SKIN; SMALL INTESTINE; SMOKING; SPLEEN; THYMUS; TRACHEA; AGED; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHROMOSOME 8; DECEPTION; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETICS; JAPAN; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTOR;

ADULT; AGED; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; ASTHMA; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 8; DECEPTION; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; GENOTYPE; GLUCURONOSYLTRANSFERASE; HUMANS; JAPAN; LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCI; RISK FACTORS; RNA, MESSENGER;

EID: 84932158603     PISSN: 09547894     EISSN: 13652222     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/cea.12415     Document Type: Article

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