Variants near the HLA complex group 22 gene (HCG22) confer increased susceptibility to late-onset asthma in Japanese populations

J Allergy Clin Immunol. 2016 Jul;138(1):281-283.e13. doi: 10.1016/j.jaci.2015.11.023. Epub 2016 Jan 30.

¹ Department of Pulmonary Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan.
² Laboratory for Respiratory and Allergic Diseases, Center for Integrative Medical Sciences, Institute of Physical and Chemical Research (RIKEN), Kanagawa, Japan.
³ Department of Pulmonary Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan. Electronic address: t-saka@md.tsukuba.ac.jp.
⁴ Tsukuba Medical Center, Ibaraki, Japan.
⁵ Department of Medical Genetics, Faculty of Medicine, University of Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan.
⁶ Deputy Director, Center for Integrative Medical Sciences, Institute of Physical and Chemical Research (RIKEN), Kanagawa, Japan.
⁷ Laboratory for Statistical Analysis, Center for Integrative Medical Sciences, Institute of Physical and Chemical Research (RIKEN), Kanagawa, Japan.
⁸ First Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, Hokkaido University, Hokkaido, Japan.
⁹ Department of Pathophysiology and Host Defense, Research Institute of Tuberculosis/JATA, Tokyo, Japan.
¹⁰ Department of Respiratory Medicine, Toho University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.
¹¹ Department of Respiratory Medicine, Tenri Hospital, Nara, Japan.
¹² Department of Pulmonary Medicine and Oncology, Graduate School of Medicine, Nippon Medical School, Tokyo, Japan.
¹³ Fukujuji Hospital, Tokyo, Japan.

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