Letter to the Editor

Subject Categories: Genetics

Journal of Investigative Dermatology (2006) 126, 2335–2338. doi:10.1038/sj.jid.5700415; published online 1 June 2006

The Killer Cell Immunoglobulin-Like Receptor Genes Do Not Confer Susceptibility to Psoriasis Vulgaris Independently in Chinese

Yun-Ting Chang1,2, Chan-Te Chou3, Yu-Ming Shiao4, Ming-Wei Lin5,6, Chia-Wen Yu1, Chih-Chiang Chen1,2, Cheng-Hung Huang1,2, Ding-Dar Lee1,2, Han-Nan Liu1,2,7, Wen-Jen Wang1,2 and Shih-Feng Tsai4,8

  1. 1Department of Dermatology, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC
  2. 2Department of Dermatology, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC
  3. 3Division of Allergy-Immunology-Rheumatology, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC
  4. 4Faculty of Life Sciences and Institute of Genome Sciences, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC
  5. 5Faculty of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC
  6. 6Department of Medical Research and Education, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC
  7. 7Department of Dermatology, National Defence Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC
  8. 8Division of Molecular and Genomic Medicine, National Health Research Institutes, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC

Correspondence: Yun-Ting Chang, E-mail: ytchang@vghtpe.gov.tw

Abbreviations:

HLA, human leukocyte antigen; KIR, killer cell immunoglobulin-like receptor; PA, psoriatic arthritis; PV, psoriasis vulgaris

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