Differential gene network analysis for the identification of asthma-associated therapeutic targets in allergen-specific T-helper memory responses

BMC Medical Genomics

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Troy, Niamh M ^a   Hollams, Elysia M ^a   Holt, Patrick G ^a,b   Bosco, Anthony ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Asthma; Atopy; CD4 T cell; Differential network analysis; House dust mite; Microarray; Raine study

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN; INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; INTERLEUKIN 2; INTERLEUKIN 2 RECEPTOR ALPHA; INTERLEUKIN 4; MYC PROTEIN; PROTEIN BCL 2; STAT1 PROTEIN; STAT3 PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR FOXP3; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR;

ADOLESCENT; ALLERGIC ASTHMA; ARTICLE; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DERMATOPHAGOIDES; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; HELPER CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MALE; MEMORY T LYMPHOCYTE; PERIPHERAL BLOOD MONONUCLEAR CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY T LYMPHOCYTE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; UPREGULATION; ANIMAL; ASTHMA; CASE CONTROL STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE REGULATORY NETWORK; GENETICS; IMMUNIZATION; IMMUNOLOGICAL MEMORY; IMMUNOLOGY; MOLECULARLY TARGETED THERAPY; PYROGLYPHIDAE;

ADOLESCENT; ALLERGENS; ANIMALS; ASTHMA; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE REGULATORY NETWORKS; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION; IMMUNOLOGIC MEMORY; MALE; MOLECULAR TARGETED THERAPY; PYROGLYPHIDAE; T-LYMPHOCYTES, HELPER-INDUCER;

EID: 84959330390     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17558794     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12920-016-0171-z     Document Type: Article

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