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Neuronal NO synthase (NOS1) is a major candidate gene for asthma.
Clinical and experimental allergy : journal of the British Society for Allergy and Clinical Immunology - 1 Dec 1999
Grasemann H, Yandava C N, Drazen J M
Abstract excerpt
Asthma is a common, but heterogeneous disease, characterized by reversible airway obstruction, bronchial hyperresponsiveness (BHR); and is commonly associated with atopy. The messenger molecule nitric oxide (NO), that is formed by neuronal NO synthase (NOS1), is known to have a key role in bronchomotor control in animals. In humans the gene for NOS1 is located on chromosome 12q24, in a region that had been shown...
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