Genetic variation in TH17 pathway genes, childhood asthma, and total serum IgE levels

Affiliations

• ¹ Department of Pediatric Pneumology and Allergy, University Children's Hospital Regensburg (KUNO), Regensburg, Germany; Department of Pediatric Pneumology, Allergy and Neonatology, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany.
• ² Department of Pediatric Pneumology, Allergy and Neonatology, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany; ZAUM - Center of Allergy and Environment, Technische Universität München and Helmholtz Center Munich, Munich, Germany; German Lung Research Center (DZL), Germany.
• ³ Hannover Unified Biobank, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany; Research Unit of Molecular Epidemiology, Helmholtz Center Munich, Neuherberg, Germany.
• ⁴ Research Unit of Molecular Epidemiology, Helmholtz Center Munich, Neuherberg, Germany.
• ⁵ Institute of Clinical Molecular Biology, Christian-Albrechts-University of Kiel, Kiel, Germany.
• ⁶ University Children's Hospital, Technical University Dresden, Dresden, Germany.
• ⁷ Research Institute for the Prevention of Allergic Diseases, Children's Department, Marien-Hospital, Wesel, Germany.
• ⁸ Department of Experimental Pneumology, Ruhr-University, Bochum, Germany.
• ⁹ University Children's Hospital, Albert Ludwigs University, Freiburg, Germany.
• ¹⁰ Kinder- und Jugendarztpraxis Laub, Rosenheim, Germany.
• ¹¹ University Children's Hospital, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany.
• ¹² Children's Department, University Teaching Hospital, Landeskrankenhaus Feldkirch, Feldkirch, Austria.
• ¹³ University Children's Hospital Vienna, Vienna, Austria.
• ¹⁴ Institute of Epidemiology and Medical Biometry, Ulm University, Ulm, Germany.
• ¹⁵ Department of Pediatric Pneumology and Allergy, University Children's Hospital Regensburg (KUNO), Regensburg, Germany.
• ¹⁶ Department of Pediatric Pneumology and Allergy, University Children's Hospital Regensburg (KUNO), Regensburg, Germany; Department of Pediatric Pneumology, Allergy and Neonatology, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany; German Lung Research Center (DZL), Germany. Electronic address: michael.kabesch@ukr.de.