Suggestive evidence of association of C-159T functional polymorphism of the CD14 gene with atopic asthma in northern and northwestern Indian populations

Immunogenetics

Volumn 56, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 544-547

  Sharma, Mamta ^a   Batra, Jyotsna ^a   Mabalirajan, U ^a   Goswami, Sangeeta ^a   Ganguly, Dipyaman ^a   Lahkar, Brajen ^b   Bhatia, N K ^c   Kumar, Amrendra ^a   Ghosh, Balaram ^a  

^a CSIR INSTITUTE OF GENOMICS AND INTEGRATIVE BIOLOGY   (India)

^b Down Town Hospital   (India)

^c Rotary Blood Bank   (India)

Author keywords

5q31 33; Asthma; CD14; Indian population; Quantitative transmission disequilibrium test

Indexed keywords

CD14 ANTIGEN; DNA; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALLELE; ALLERGIC ASTHMA; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; INDIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POPULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS;

ADULT; ALLELES; ANTIGENS, CD14; ASTHMA; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FAMILY; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENETICS, POPULATION; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; INDIA; MALE; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS);

STAPHYLOCOCCUS PHAGE 187;

EID: 8744248232     PISSN: 00937711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00251-004-0721-y     Document Type: Article

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