TABLE OF CONTENTS
Volume 6, Issue 3 (May 2005)
Full Papers
Identification of epistasis through a partial advanced intercross reveals three arthritis loci within the Cia5 QTL in mice
M Johannesson, J Karlsson, P Wernhoff, K S Nandakumar, A-K Lindqvist, L Olsson, A D Cook, Å Andersson and R Holmdahl
Genes Immun 6: 175-185; advance online publication, February 17, 2005; doi:10.1038/sj.gene.6364155
Determination of gene organization in the human IGHV region on single chromosomes
N-O Chimge, S Pramanik, G Hu, Y Lin, R Gao, L Shen and H Li
Genes Immun 6: 186-193; advance online publication, March 3, 2005; doi:10.1038/sj.gene.6364176
CUL1, a component of E3 ubiquitin ligase, alters lymphocyte signal transduction with possible effect on rheumatoid arthritis
R Kawaida, R Yamada, K Kobayashi, S Tokuhiro, A Suzuki, Y Kochi, X Chang, A Sekine, T Tsunoda, T Sawada, H Furukawa, Y Nakamura and K Yamamoto
Genes Immun 6: 194-202; advance online publication, March 10, 2005; doi:10.1038/sj.gene.6364177
Identification, characterization, and evolution of a primate 
-defensin gene cluster
Y Radhakrishnan, K G Hamil, S Yenugu, S L Young, F S French and S H Hall
Genes Immun 6: 203-210; advance online publication, March 17, 2005; doi:10.1038/sj.gene.6364184
Disease association of two distinct interleukin-18 promoter polymorphisms in Caucasian rheumatoid arthritis patients
J A Gracie, N Koyama, J Murdoch, M Field, F McGarry, A Crilly, A Schobel, R Madhok, J Pons-Kühnemann, I B McInnes and B Möller
Genes Immun 6: 211-216; advance online publication, March 24, 2005; doi:10.1038/sj.gene.6364183
Renin–angiotensin system gene polymorphisms predict the progression to renal insufficiency among Asians with lupus nephritis
A Parsa, D H Lovett, E A Peden, Lingxiang Zhu, M F Seldin and L A Criswell
Genes Immun 6: 217-224; advance online publication, March 24, 2005; doi:10.1038/sj.gene.6364179
Association of interleukin-8 receptor 
polymorphisms with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and asthma
S Stemmler, U Arinir, W Klein, G Rohde, S Hoffjan, N Wirkus, K Reinitz-Rademacher, A Bufe, G Schultze-Werninghaus and J T Epplen
Genes Immun 6: 225-230; advance online publication, March 17, 2005; doi:10.1038/sj.gene.6364181
Functional variants in SUMO4, TAB2, and NF
B and the risk of type 1 diabetes
R Kosoy and P Concannon
Genes Immun 6: 231-235; advance online publication, February 24, 2005; doi:10.1038/sj.gene.6364174
Polymorphisms in the interleukin 17F gene (IL17F) and asthma
C D Ramsey, R Lazarus, C A Camargo Jr, S T Weiss and J C Celedón
Genes Immun 6: 236-241; advance online publication, February 10, 2005; doi:10.1038/sj.gene.6364170
Bi-allelic presence of the interleukin-10 receptor 1 G330R allele is associated with cirrhosis in chronic HCV-1 infection
H Hofer, J B Neufeld, C Oesterreicher, P Grundtner, F Wrba, A Gangl, P Ferenci and C Gasche
Genes Immun 6: 242-247; advance online publication, February 24, 2005; doi:10.1038/sj.gene.6364168
Skewed T-cell receptor BV14 and BV16 expression and shared CDR3 sequence and common sequence motifs in synovial T cells of rheumatoid arthritis
W Sun, H Nie, N Li, Y C Q Zang, D Zhang, G Feng, L Ni, R Xu, S Prasad, R R Robinson, W Ho, E Sercarz and J Z Zhang
Genes Immun 6: 248-261; advance online publication, January 27, 2005; doi:10.1038/sj.gene.6364166
Brief Communications
Polymorphisms within the PHF11 gene at chromosome 13q14 are associated with childhood atopic dermatitis
N Jang, G Stewart and G Jones
Genes Immun 6: 262-264; advance online publication, January 27, 2005; doi:10.1038/sj.gene.6364169
Haplotype analysis of the preprotachykinin-1 (TAC1) gene in multiple sclerosis
S Cunningham, C C Patterson, G McDonnell, S Hawkins and K Vandenbroeck
Genes Immun 6: 265-270; advance online publication, February 24, 2005; doi:10.1038/sj.gene.6364175
Association analysis of the 1858C>T polymorphism in the PTPN22 gene in juvenile idiopathic arthritis and other autoimmune diseases
M K Viken, S S Amundsen, T K Kvien, K M Boberg, I M Gilboe, V Lilleby, L M Sollid, Ø T Førre, E Thorsby, A Smerdel and B A Lie
Genes Immun 6: 271-273; advance online publication, March 10, 2005; doi:10.1038/sj.gene.6364178
