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The IL12B gene is associated with asthma.
American journal of human genetics - 1 Oct 2004
Randolph Adrienne G, Lange Christoph, Silverman Edwin K, Lazarus Ross, Silverman Eric S, Raby Benjamin, Brown Alison, Ozonoff Al, Richter Brent, Weiss Scott T
Abstract excerpt
The IL12B gene on chromosome 5q31-33 encodes the p40 subunit of interleukin 12, an immunomodulatory cytokine. To test the hypothesis that the IL12B gene contains polymorphisms associated with asthma, we genotyped six haplotype-tagging polymorphisms in the IL12B gene, both in 708 children enrolled in the Childhood Asthma Management Program (CAMP) and in their parents. Using the family-based association test (FBAT)...
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