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TBX21: a functional variant predicts improvement in asthma with the use of inhaled corticosteroids.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America - 28 Dec 2004
Tantisira Kelan G, Hwang Eun Sook, Raby Benjamin A, Silverman Eric S, Lake Stephen L, Richter Brent G, Peng Stanford L, Drazen Jeffrey M, Glimcher Laurie H, Weiss Scott T
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TBX21 encodes for the transcription factor T-bet (T-box expressed in T cells), which influences naive T lymphocyte development and has been implicated in asthma pathogenesis. Specifically, the T-bet knockout mouse spontaneously develops airway hyperresponsiveness and other changes consistent with...
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