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The transforming growth factor-beta1 (TGFB1) gene is associated with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD).
Human molecular genetics - 1 Aug 2004
Celedón Juan C, Lange Christoph, Raby Benjamin A, Litonjua Augusto A, Palmer Lyle J, DeMeo Dawn L, Reilly John J, Kwiatkowski David J, Chapman Harold A, Laird Nan, Sylvia Jody S, Hernandez Melvin, Speizer Frank E, Weiss Scott T, Silverman Edwin K
Abstract excerpt
Although cigarette smoking is the primary environmental risk factor, genetic risk factors likely influence the development of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Linkage analysis between short-tandem repeat markers on chromosome 19 and COPD phenotypes was followed by association analysis of single nucleotide polymorphisms in a gene on chromosome 19q [transforming growth factor-beta1 (TGFB1)] and COPD...
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