Article
Polymorphisms of IL4, IL13, and ADRB2 genes in COPD.
Chest - 1 Dec 2004
Hegab Ahmed E, Sakamoto Tohru, Saitoh Wataru, Massoud Hosam H, Massoud Hosny M, Hassanein Khalid M, Sekizawa Kiyohisa
Abstract excerpt
STUDY OBJECTIVES: Interleukin (IL)-4, IL-13, and beta(2)-adrenoceptor (ADRB2) are involved in airway hyperresponsiveness (AHR), and their coding genes are located on chromosome 5q31-q33. AHR is one of the risk factors for COPD. Investigating polymorphisms within these genes may help to pinpoint the genetic susceptibility to COPD. SUBJECTS AND MEASUREMENTS: A case-control association study was conducted on two...
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