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Identification of four novel interleukin-13 gene polymorphisms.
Genes and immunity - 1 Jun 2000
Pantelidis P, Jones M G, Welsh K I, Taylor A N, du Bois R M
Abstract excerpt
The development of allergic asthma is thought to involve environmental and inherited genetic components and has pathophysiological features reflecting in part the activity of T cell cytokines. Interleukin-13, a product primarily of activated lymphocytes, is considered to be a critical effector molecule in allergic airway response and has been found to be overexpressed in the airways of patients with asthma. The...
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