TABLE OF CONTENTS
Volume 8, Issue 5 (July 2007)
Original Articles
A promoter nucleotide variant of the dendritic cell-specific DCNP1 associates with serum IgE levels specific for dust mite allergens among the Korean asthmatics
Y Kim, C-S Park, H D Shin, J-W Choi, H S Cheong, B L Park, Y H Choi, A S Jang, S W Park, Y M Lee, E J Lee, S G Park, J-Y Lee, J-K Lee, B G Han, B Oh and K Kimm
Genes Immun 8: 369-378; advance online publication, April 26, 2007; doi:10.1038/sj.gene.6364394
Genetic linkage analysis of sarcoidosis phenotypes: the sarcoidosis genetic analysis (SAGA) study
B A Rybicki, R Sinha, S Iyengar, C Gray-McGuire, R C Elston and M C Iannuzzi
Genes Immun 8: 379-386; advance online publication, May 3, 2007; doi:10.1038/sj.gene.6364396
The role of the Toll receptor pathway in susceptibility to inflammatory bowel diseases
P L De Jager, D Franchimont, A Waliszewska, A Bitton, A Cohen, D Langelier, J Belaiche, S Vermeire, L Farwell, A Goris, C Libioulle, N Jani, T Dassopoulos, G P Bromfield, B Dubois, J H Cho, S R Brant, R H Duerr, H Yang, J I Rotter, M S Silverberg, A H Steinhart, M J Daly, D K Podolsky, E Louis, D A Hafler and J D Rioux
Genes Immun 8: 387-397; advance online publication, May 31, 2007; doi:10.1038/sj.gene.6364398
Association of PTGDR gene polymorphisms with asthma in two Caucasian populations
G Zhu, J Vestbo, W Lenney, M Silverman, M Whyte, P Helms, W H Anderson and S G Pillai
Genes Immun 8: 398-403; advance online publication, May 31, 2007; doi:10.1038/sj.gene.6364399
Susceptibility to severe streptococcal sepsis: use of a large set of isogenic mouse lines to study genetic and environmental factors
R K Aziz, R Kansal, N F Abdeltawab, S L Rowe, Y Su, D Carrigan, M M Nooh, R R Attia, C Brannen, L A Gardner, L Lu, R W Williams and M Kotb
Genes Immun 8: 404-415; advance online publication, May 24, 2007; doi:10.1038/sj.gene.6364402
Spontaneous mutations in the mouse Sharpin gene result in multiorgan inflammation, immune system dysregulation and dermatitis
R E Seymour, M G Hasham, G A Cox, L D Shultz, H HogenEsch, D C Roopenian and J P Sundberg
Genes Immun 8: 416-421; advance online publication, May 31, 2007; doi:10.1038/sj.gene.6364403
A polymorphism in human TLR2 is associated with increased susceptibility to tuberculous meningitis
N T T Thuong, T R Hawn, G E Thwaites, T T H Chau, N T N Lan, H T Quy, N T Hieu, A Aderem, T T Hien, J J Farrar and S J Dunstan
Genes Immun 8: 422-428; advance online publication, June 7, 2007; doi:10.1038/sj.gene.6364405
Opposed independent effects and epistasis in the complex association of IRF5 to SLE
I Ferreiro-Neira, M Calaza, E Alonso-Perez, M Marchini, R Scorza, G D Sebastiani, F J Blanco, I Rego, R Pullmann Jr, R Pullmann, C G Kallenberg, M Bijl, F N Skopouli, M Mavromati, S Migliaresi, N Barizzone, S Ruzickova, C Dostal, R E Schmidt, T Witte, C Papasteriades, I Kappou-Rigatou, E Endreffy, A Kovacs, J Ordi-Ros, E Balada, P Carreira, J J Gomez-Reino and A Gonzalez
Genes Immun 8: 429-438; advance online publication, June 14, 2007; doi:10.1038/sj.gene.6364407
Short Communication
Genomic variations within DEFB1 are associated with the susceptibility to and the fatal outcome of severe sepsis in Chinese Han population
Q-X Chen, C Lv, L-X Huang, B-L Cheng, G-H Xie, S-J Wu and X-M Fang
Genes Immun 8: 439-443; advance online publication, May 17, 2007; doi:10.1038/sj.gene.6364401
