Article
Association between a new polymorphism in the activation-induced cytidine deaminase gene and atopic asthma and the regulation of total serum IgE levels.
The Journal of allergy and clinical immunology - 1 Sept 2001
Noguchi E, Shibasaki M, Inudou M, Kamioka M, Yokouchi Y, Yamakawa-Kobayashi K, Hamaguchi H, Matsui A, Arinami T
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Activation-induced cytidine deaminase (AICDA) is a recently identified RNA-editing deaminase that plays an important role in class-switching. Defects in AICDA result in a hyper-IgM phenotype and lack of IgG, IgA, and IgE in both human beings and mice. OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to determine whether the AICDA gene is related to regulation of total serum IgE and development of atopic asthma....
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