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Lack of association of histamine-N-methyltransferase (HNMT) polymorphisms with asthma in the Indian population.
Journal of human genetics - 1 Jan 2005
Sharma Shilpy, Mann Deepti, Singh Tej Pratap, Ghosh Balaram
Abstract excerpt
Histamine plays a major role in allergic disorders, including asthma. A major pathway of histamine biotransformation in the lungs is mediated by histamine N-methyltransferase (HNMT). We investigated the association of a functional SNP C314T; a SNP A929G, a (CA)n repeat in intron 5, and a novel (CA)n repeat (BV677277), 7.5 kb downstream of the HNMT gene with asthma and its associated traits such as total serum IgE...
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