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E Ekelund1, A Saaf, M Tengvall-Linder, E Melen, J Link, J Barker, N J Reynolds, S J Meggitt, J Kere, C-F Wahlgren, G Pershagen, M Wickman, M Nordenskjold, I Kockum, M Bradley.
Abstract
In a systematic analysis of global gene-expression patterns, we found that SOCS3 messenger RNA was significantly more highly expressed in skin from patients with atopic dermatitis than in skin from healthy controls, and immunohistochemical analysis confirmed a similar elevation of SOCS3 protein. Furthermore, we found a genetic association between atopic dermatitis and a haplotype in the SOCS3 gene in two independent groups of patients (P<.02 and P<.03). These results strongly suggest that SOCS3, located in a chromosomal region previously linked to the disease (17q25), is a susceptibility gene for atopic dermatitis.Entities:
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Year: 2006 PMID: 16685656 PMCID: PMC1474106 DOI: 10.1086/504272
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Am J Hum Genet ISSN: 0002-9297 Impact factor: 11.025