TABLE OF CONTENTS
Volume 6, Issue 8 (December 2005)
Review
Current status of genetics research in inflammatory bowel disease
S Vermeire and P Rutgeerts
Genes Immun 6: 637-645; advance online publication, August 18, 2005; doi:10.1038/sj.gene.6364257
Full Papers
Haplotype tagging efficiency in worldwide populations in CTLA4 gene
A Ramírez-Soriano, O Lao, M Soldevila, F Calafell, J Bertranpetit and D Comas
Genes Immun 6: 646-657; advance online publication, July 21, 2005; doi:10.1038/sj.gene.6364251
The R620W C/T polymorphism of the gene PTPN22 is associated with SLE independently of the association of PDCD1
M V Prasad Linga Reddy, M Johansson, G Sturfelt, A Jönsen, I Gunnarsson, E Svenungsson, S Rantapää-Dahlqvist and M E Alarcón-Riquelme
Genes Immun 6: 658-662; advance online publication, August 4, 2005; doi:10.1038/sj.gene.6364252
Characterization of the human CD5 endogenous retrovirus-E in B lymphocytes
Y Renaudineau, S Vallet, C Le Dantec, S Hillion, A Saraux and P Youinou
Genes Immun 6: 663-671; advance online publication, August 18, 2005; doi:10.1038/sj.gene.6364253
Genetic control of suceptibility to Candida albicans in susceptible A/J and resistant C57BL/6J mice
A Tuite, M Elias, S Picard, A Mullick and P Gros
Genes Immun 6: 672-682; advance online publication, August 4, 2005; doi:10.1038/sj.gene.6364254
Killer immunoglobulin-like receptors and HLA act both independently and synergistically to modify HIV disease progression
S Gaudieri, D DeSantis, E McKinnon, C Moore, D Nolan, C S Witt, S A Mallal and F T Christiansen
Genes Immun 6: 683-690; advance online publication, August 25, 2005; doi:10.1038/sj.gene.6364256
Haplotype analysis of the SDF-1 (CXCL12) gene in a longitudinal HIV-1/AIDS cohort study
W S Modi, K Scott, J J Goedert, D Vlahov, S Buchbinder, R Detels, S Donfield, S J O'Brien and C Winkler
Genes Immun 6: 691-698; advance online publication, September 22, 2005; doi:10.1038/sj.gene.6364258
Functional promoter haplotypes of the human FAS gene are associated with the phenotype of SLE characterized by thrombocytopenia
R L Nolsøe, J A Kelly, F Pociot, K L Moser, O P Kristiansen, T Mandrup-Poulsen and J B Harley
Genes Immun 6: 699-706; advance online publication, September 15, 2005; doi:10.1038/sj.gene.6364259
Association study of VDR gene with rheumatoid arthritis in the French population
A Maalej, E Petit-Teixeira, L Michou, A Rebai, F Cornelis and H Ayadi
Genes Immun 6: 707-711; advance online publication, September 8, 2005; doi:10.1038/sj.gene.6364260
Brief Communications
Transcriptional response of human microglial cells to interferon-
R B Rock, S Hu, A Deshpande, S Munir, B J May, C A Baker, P K Peterson and V Kapur
Genes Immun 6: 712-719; advance online publication, September 15, 2005; doi:10.1038/sj.gene.6364246
Finnish case–control and family studies support PTPN22 R620W polymorphism as a risk factor in rheumatoid arthritis, but suggest only minimal or no effect in juvenile idiopathic arthritis
M F Seldin, R Shigeta, K Laiho, H Li, H Saila, A Savolainen, M Leirisalo-Repo, K Aho, E Tuomilehto-Wolf, K Kaarela, M Kauppi, H C Alexander, A B Begovich and J Tuomilehto
Genes Immun 6: 720-722; advance online publication, August 18, 2005; doi:10.1038/sj.gene.6364255
Population-specific patterns of linkage disequilibrium in the human 5q31 region
G Luoni, J Forton, M Jallow, E Sadighi Akha, F Sisay-Joof, M Pinder, N Hanchard, M Herbert, M Kimber, R Mott, J Hull, K Rockett and D Kwiatkowski
Genes Immun 6: 723-727; advance online publication, July 28, 2005; doi:10.1038/sj.gene.6364250
