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TGFbeta1 haplotypes and asthma in Indian populations.
The Journal of allergy and clinical immunology - 1 Mar 2005
Nagpal Kamalpreet, Sharma Shilpy, B-Rao Chandrika, Nahid Sanober, Niphadkar Pramod V, Sharma Surendra K, Ghosh Balaram
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Asthma is a complex disorder of the airways of the lungs. TGF-beta1 plays a key role in airway remodeling and asthma by having both proinflammatory and anti-inflammatory activities, making TGFbeta1 an important candidate gene to study. OBJECTIVE: To investigate the association of TGFbeta1 gene polymorphisms with asthma. METHODS: A case-control study was designed for identifying polymorphisms and...
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