Association of common filaggrin null mutations with atopy but not chronic rhinosinusitis

Ann Allergy Asthma Immunol. 2015 May;114(5):420-421. doi: 10.1016/j.anai.2015.01.019. Epub 2015 Mar 4.

Authors

Mahboobeh Mahdavinia^#¹, Joy Hsu^#¹, James E Norton¹, Roderick G Carter¹, Patrick Simon², Jason Siebert¹, Lynette Cheatem¹, Lydia A Suh¹, Anju T Peters¹, Leslie C Grammer 3rd¹, Atsushi Kato¹, Bruce K Tan², David B Conley², Pedro C Avila¹, Robert C Kern², Jayant M Pinto³, Carole Ober⁴, Robert P Schleimer^{1

2}

Affiliations

¹ Division of Allergy-Immunology, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine.
² : Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine.
³ Section of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Department of Surgery, Pritzker School of Medicine, The University of Chicago.
⁴ Departments of Human Genetics and Obstetrics and Gynecology, The University of Chicago.

^# Contributed equally.

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Publication types

Letter
Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Chronic Disease
Female
Filaggrin Proteins
Humans
Hypersensitivity, Immediate / genetics*
Intermediate Filament Proteins / genetics*
Male
Mutation*
Rhinitis / genetics*
Sinusitis / genetics*

Substances

FLG protein, human
Filaggrin Proteins
Intermediate Filament Proteins

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