The minor allele of rs7574865 in the STAT4 gene is associated with increased mRNA and protein expression

PLoS ONE

Volumn 10, Issue 11, 2015, Pages

  Lamana, Amalia ^a   López Santalla, Mercedes ^b   Castillo González, Raquel ^a   Ortiz, Ana María ^a   Martín, Javier ^c   García Vicuña, Rosario ^a   González Álvaro, Isidoro ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO DE LA PRINCESA   (Spain)

^b CENTRO NACIONAL DE BIOTECNOLOGÍA   (Spain)

^c INSTITUTO DE PARASITOLOGÍA Y BIOMEDICINA LÓPEZ NEYRA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; INTERLEUKIN 6; MESSENGER RNA; STAT4 PROTEIN; STAT5 PROTEIN; IL6 PROTEIN, HUMAN; STAT4 PROTEIN, HUMAN;

ADULT; ALLELE; ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LINEAR SYSTEM; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PERIPHERAL LYMPHOCYTE; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; STAT4 GENE; WESTERN BLOTTING; AGED; BLOOD; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ADULT; AGED; ALLELES; ARTHRITIS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; INTERLEUKIN-6; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STAT4 TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

EID: 84956625395     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0142683     Document Type: Article

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