Estrogen receptor-alpha gene haplotype is associated with primary knee osteoarthritis in Korean populationSheng Yu Jin
Kohwang Medical Research Institute, Department of Pharmacology, College of Medicine, Kyung Hee University, Seoul, Korea
Arthritis Res Ther 6:R415-21. 2004
..48; P = 0.003). Although the number OA patients studied is small, the present study shows that ER-alpha gene haplotype may be associated with primary knee OA, and genetic variations in the ER-alpha gene may be involved in OA...
- Association of IL-1beta, IL-1ra, and TNF-alpha gene polymorphisms in childhood nephrotic syndrome
Sung Do Kim
East West Kidney Disease Research Institute, College of Medicine, Kyung Hee University Hospital, Seoul, Korea
Pediatr Nephrol 19:295-9. 2004
..A high allele frequency of the IL1RN*2 allele may affect disease susceptibility in childhood NS...
- Association of angiotensin converting enzyme gene I/D polymorphism of vitiligo in Korean population
Sheng Yu Jin
Department of Pharmacology, Kohwang Medical Research Institute, College of Medicine, Kyung Hee University, Seoul, Korea
Pigment Cell Res 17:84-6. 2004
..012) were significantly different between vitiligo patients and healthy controls. This study suggests that the ACE gene polymorphism has a strong association with the development of vitiligo in Korean patients...
- Association of estrogen receptor 1 intron 1 C/T polymorphism in Korean vitiligo patients
Sheng Yu Jin
Department of Pharmacology, College of Medicine, Kohwang Medical Research Institute, Kyung Hee University, Seoul 130 701, South Korea
J Dermatol Sci 35:181-6. 2004
..Furthermore ESR was expressed in the melanocytes which have an important role in the pigmentation. The polymorphisms of ESR1 gene in vitiligo patients was not reported yet...
- Association between polymorphism in intron 1 of cocaine- and amphetamine-regulated transcript gene with alcoholism, but not with bipolar disorder and schizophrenia in Korean population
Sung Koo Jung
Department of Emergency Medicine, College of Medicine, Seoul National University, Seoul, South Korea
Neurosci Lett 365:54-7. 2004
..In conclusion, we report for the first time that the AvaII polymorphism (rs2239670) in intron 1 of the CART gene is associated with alcoholism in the Korean male population...
- Susceptibility for ischemic stroke in Korean population is associated with polymorphisms of the interleukin-1 receptor antagonist and tumor necrosis factor-alpha genes, but not the interleukin-1beta gene
Byung Cheol Lee
Department of Oriental Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, Kyung Hee University, 1 Hoegi dong, Dongdaemun ku, Seoul 130 701, South Korea
Neurosci Lett 357:33-6. 2004
..0225) to ischemic stroke. However, the genetic polymorphism of IL-1beta was not associated with ischemic stroke. Our results suggest that IL-1Ra and TNF-alpha gene polymorphism is associated with the susceptibility to ischemic stroke...
- Angiotensin converting enzyme gene polymorphism in Korean patients with primary knee osteoarthritis
Seung Jae Hong
Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, Kyung Hee University, Seoul 130 702, Korea
Exp Mol Med 35:189-95. 2003
..This study first reports ACE gene polymorphism to be a risk factor for early onset, severe form primary knee OA...
- Association study between catalase gene polymorphisms and the susceptibility to vitiligo in Korean population
Hyun Ho Park
Department of Dermatology, College of Medicine, Kyunghee University, Seoul, Republic of Korea
Exp Dermatol 15:377-80. 2006
..But, the haplotype of two polymorphisms was associated with vitiligo. This study suggests possible association between the CAT gene and the vitiligo susceptibility...
- Analysis of the monocyte chemoattractant protein 1 -2518 promoter polymorphism in Korean patients with alopecia areata
Seok Beom Hong
Department of Dermatology, College of Medicine, Kyung Hee University, Seoul, Korea
J Korean Med Sci 21:90-4. 2006
..889, p=0.848, respectively). Our data indicates that no association exists between the -2518A/G polymorphism of the MCP-1 gene and susceptibility to alopecia areata...
