Article
Association of asthma and the interleukin-4 promoter gene in Japanese.
Clinical and experimental allergy : journal of the British Society for Allergy and Clinical Immunology - 1 Apr 1998
Noguchi E, Shibasaki M, Arinami T, Takeda K, Yokouchi Y, Kawashima T, Yanagi H, Matsui A, Hamaguchi H
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Susceptibility to the development of asthma and other atopic diseases is known to be associated with genetic components. Several investigator have linked the interleukin-4 (IL-4) gene and nearby markers located on chromosome 5 to atopy and asthma. Recent study has demonstrated that th...
Topics
- Adolescent
- Adult
- Aged
- Animals
- Antibodies
- Asthma
- Child
- Child, Preschool
- Female
- Gene Frequency
- Genes
- Genotype
- Humans
- Immunoglobulin E
- Interleukin-4
- Japan
- Male
- Middle Aged
