TABLE OF CONTENTS
Volume 5, Issue 6 (September 2004)
Full Papers
Death receptor 3 (DR3) gene duplication in a chromosome region 1p36.3: gene duplication is more prevalent in rheumatoid arthritis FREE
K Osawa, N Takami, K Shiozawa, A Hashiramoto and S Shiozawa
Genes Immun 5: 439-443; advance online publication, July 8, 2004; doi:10.1038/sj.gene.6364097
CCR5-
32 mutation is strongly associated with primary sclerosing cholangitis FREE
R Eri, J R Jonsson, N Pandeya, D M Purdie, A D Clouston, N Martin, D Duffy, E E Powell, J Fawcett, T H J Florin and G L Radford-Smith
Genes Immun 5: 444-450; advance online publication, June 24, 2004; doi:10.1038/sj.gene.6364113
Extended haplotypes and linkage disequilibrium in the IL1R1–IL1A–IL1B–IL1RN gene cluster: association with knee osteoarthritis FREE
A J P Smith, L J Keen, M J Billingham, M J Perry, C J Elson, J R Kirwan, J E Sims, M Doherty, T D Spector and J L Bidwell
Genes Immun 5: 451-460; advance online publication, June 10, 2004; doi:10.1038/sj.gene.6364107
Sequence analysis of the mannose-binding lectin (MBL2) gene reveals a high degree of heterozygosity with evidence of selection FREE
T Bernig, J G Taylor, C B Foster, B Staats, M Yeager and S J Chanock
Genes Immun 5: 461-476; advance online publication, August 12, 2004; doi:10.1038/sj.gene.6364116
Mapping of a disease susceptibility locus in chromosome 6p in Japanese patients with ulcerative colitis FREE
E Nomura, Y Kinouchi, K Negoro, Y Kojima, S Oomori, M Sugimura, M Hiroki, S Takagi, H Aihara, S Takahashi, N Hiwatashi and T Shimosegawa
Genes Immun 5: 477-483; advance online publication, June 24, 2004; doi:10.1038/sj.gene.6364114
Association of interleukin-10 promoter polymorphisms with systemic lupus erythematosus FREE
W P Chong, W K Ip, W H-S Wong, C S Lau, T M Chan and Y L Lau
Genes Immun 5: 484-492; advance online publication, August 5, 2004; doi:10.1038/sj.gene.6364119
Genomic profiling of interpopulation diversity guides prioritization of candidate-genes for autoimmunity FREE
I Grossman, N Avidan, C Singer, T Paperna, D Lancet, J S Beckmann and A Miller
Genes Immun 5: 493-504; advance online publication, July 22, 2004; doi:10.1038/sj.gene.6364117
Haplotype structure of inflammatory cytokines genes (IL1B, IL6 and TNF/LTA) in US Caucasians and African Americans FREE
I Belfer, B Buzas, H Hipp, M Dean, C Evans, I Lorincz, M B Max and D Goldman
Genes Immun 5: 505-512; advance online publication, August 12, 2004; doi:10.1038/sj.gene.6364118
Brief Communications
Polymorphisms in the IL-6 receptor (IL-6R) gene: strong evidence that serum levels of soluble IL-6R are genetically influenced FREE
J C Galicia, H Tai, Y Komatsu, Y Shimada, K Akazawa and H Yoshie
Genes Immun 5: 513-516; advance online publication, August 12, 2004; doi:10.1038/sj.gene.6364120
A functional variant of IFN
gene is associated with coeliac disease FREE
B Rueda, A Martínez, M A López-Nevot, A Mas-Fontao, L Paco, E Ortega, M Fernández-Arquero, E Urcelay, E Gomez de la Concha and J Martín
Genes Immun 5: 517-519; advance online publication, June 24, 2004; doi:10.1038/sj.gene.6364115
