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Polymorphisms in the interleukin-4 and interleukin-4 receptor alpha chain genes confer susceptibility to asthma and atopy in a Caucasian population.
Clinical and experimental allergy : journal of the British Society for Allergy and Clinical Immunology - 1 Aug 2003
Beghé B, Barton S, Rorke S, Peng Q, Sayers I, Gaunt T, Keith T P, Clough J B, Holgate S T, Holloway J W
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BACKGROUND: IL-4 by binding to its receptor (IL-4R) is essential for the development of airway inflammation present in asthma, through the induction of IgE synthesis in B cells and differentiation of T cells to a Th2 phenotype. OBJECTIVE: To investigate the role of four common polymorphisms in th...
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