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IL-13 R130Q, a common variant associated with allergy and asthma, enhances effector mechanisms essential for human allergic inflammation.
The Journal of clinical investigation - 1 Mar 2005
Vladich Frank D, Brazille Susan M, Stern Debra, Peck Michael L, Ghittoni Raffaella, Vercelli Donata
Abstract excerpt
Genetic factors are known to strongly influence susceptibility to allergic inflammation. The Th2 cytokine IL-13 is a central mediator of allergy and asthma, and common single-nucleotide polymorphisms in IL13 are associated with allergic phenotypes in several ethnically diverse populations. In particular, IL13+2044GA is expected to result in the nonconservative replacement of arginine 130 (R130) with glutamine...
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