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Asthma is associated with single-nucleotide polymorphisms in ADAM33.
Clinical and experimental allergy : journal of the British Society for Allergy and Clinical Immunology - 1 Jan 2004
Werner M, Herbon N, Gohlke H, Altmüller J, Knapp M, Heinrich J, Wjst M
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BACKGROUND: The ADAM33 gene has recently been associated with asthma and bronchial hyper-reactivity. It codes for a disintegrin and metalloproteinase that triggers intra- and extracellular signalling by protein shedding. OBJECTIVE: We examined whether polymorphisms in ADAM33 are associated with a...
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