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Possible gene dosage effect of glutathione-S-transferases on atopic asthma: using real-time PCR for quantification of GSTM1 and GSTT1 gene copy numbers.
Human mutation - 1 Sept 2004
Brasch-Andersen Charlotte, Christiansen Lene, Tan Qihua, Haagerup Annette, Vestbo Jørgen, Kruse Torben A
Abstract excerpt
Asthma is a complex genetic disorder characterized by chronic inflammation in the airways. As oxidative stress is a key component of inflammation, variations in genes involved in antioxidant defense could therefore be likely candidates for asthma. Three enzymes from the superfamily glutathione-S-transferase (GST) involved in the antioxidant defense were tested for association to asthma using 246 Danish atopic...
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