TABLE OF CONTENTS
Volume 6, Issue 2 (March 2005)
Full Papers
Direct sequence comparison of two divergent class I MHC natural killer cell receptor haplotypes
A P Makrigiannis, D Patel, M-L Goulet, K Dewar and S K Anderson
Genes Immun 6: 71-83; advance online publication, January 20, 2005; doi:10.1038/sj.gene.6364154
Transcriptional response signature of human lymphoid cells to staphylococcal enterotoxin B
C Mendis, R Das, R Hammamieh, A Royaee, D Yang, S Peel and M Jett
Genes Immun 6: 84-94; advance online publication, January 20, 2005; doi:10.1038/sj.gene.6364160
Genome screen in the French EGEA study: detection of linked regions shared or not shared by allergic rhinitis and asthma
M -H Dizier, E Bouzigon, M Guilloud-Bataille, C Bétard, J Bousquet, D Charpin, F Gormand, J Hochez, J Just, A Lemainque, N Le Moual, R Matran, F Neukirch, M -P Oryszczyn, E Paty, I Pin, D Vervloet, F Kauffmann, M Lathrop, F Demenais and I Annesi-Maesano
Genes Immun 6: 95-102; advance online publication, January 27, 2005; doi:10.1038/sj.gene.6364163
Dendritic cells transduced with an adenovirus vector encoding interleukin-12 are a potent vaccine for invasive pulmonary aspergillosis
C Shao, J Qu, L He, Y Zhang, J Wang, H Zhou, Y Wang and X Liu
Genes Immun 6: 103-114; advance online publication, January 27, 2005; doi:10.1038/sj.gene.6364167
Variability and evolution of bovine 
-defensin genes
K Luenser and A Ludwig
Genes Immun 6: 115-122; advance online publication, December 23, 2004; doi:10.1038/sj.gene.6364153
The -844C/T polymorphism in the Fas ligand promoter associates with Taiwanese SLE
J -Y Chen, C -M Wang, C -C Ma, Y -H Chow and S -F Luo
Genes Immun 6: 123-128; advance online publication, January 13, 2005; doi:10.1038/sj.gene.6364158
The PTPN22 R620W polymorphism associates with RF positive rheumatoid arthritis in a dose-dependent manner but not with HLA-SE status
A T Lee, W Li, A Liew, C Bombardier, M Weisman, E M Massarotti, J Kent, F Wolfe, A B Begovich and P K Gregersen
Genes Immun 6: 129-133; advance online publication, December 23, 2004; doi:10.1038/sj.gene.6364159
Prevalence and significance of mutations in the familial Mediterranean fever gene in patients with Crohn's disease
A Karban, E Dagan, R Eliakim, A Herman, S Nesher, B Weiss, D Berkowitz, R Shamir and R Gershoni-Baruch
Genes Immun 6: 134-139; advance online publication, December 23, 2004; doi:10.1038/sj.gene.6364156
Differential cytokine genotype frequencies among Canadian Aboriginal and Caucasian populations
L Larcombe, J D Rempel, I Dembinski, K Tinckam, C Rigatto and P Nickerson
Genes Immun 6: 140-144; advance online publication, December 23, 2004; doi:10.1038/sj.gene.6364157
Two genes encoding immune-regulatory molecules (LAG3 and IL7R) confer susceptibility to multiple sclerosis
Z Zhang, K Duvefelt, F Svensson, T Masterman, G Jonasdottir, H Salter, T Emahazion, D Hellgren, G Falk, T Olsson, J Hillert and M Anvret
Genes Immun 6: 145-152; advance online publication, January 27, 2005; doi:10.1038/sj.gene.6364171
IFNG polymorphisms are associated with gender differences in susceptibility to multiple sclerosis
O H Kantarci, A Goris, D D Hebrink, S Heggarty, S Cunningham, I Alloza, E J Atkinson, M de Andrade, C T McMurray, C A Graham, S A Hawkins, A Billiau, B Dubois, B G Weinshenker and K Vandenbroeck
Genes Immun 6: 153-161; advance online publication, January 27, 2005; doi:10.1038/sj.gene.6364164
Brief Communications
Association of MBL gene polymorphisms with major bacterial infection in patients treated with high-dose chemotherapy and autologous PBSCT
T Horiuchi, H Gondo, H Miyagawa, J Otsuka, S Inaba, K Nagafuji, K Takase, H Tsukamoto, T Koyama, H Mitoma, Y Tamimoto, Y Miyagi, T Tahira, K Hayashi, C Hashimura, S Okamura and M Harada
Genes Immun 6: 162-166; advance online publication, January 27, 2005; doi:10.1038/sj.gene.6364165
Heritability estimates of innate immunity: an extended twin study
A J M de Craen, D Posthuma, E J Remarque, A H J van den Biggelaar, R G J Westendorp and D I Boomsma
Genes Immun 6: 167-170; advance online publication, January 13, 2005; doi:10.1038/sj.gene.6364162
