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Estrogen receptor 1 polymorphisms are associated with airway hyperresponsiveness and lung function decline, particularly in female subjects with asthma.
The Journal of allergy and clinical immunology - 1 Mar 2006
Dijkstra Antoon, Howard Timothy D, Vonk Judith M, Ampleford Elizabeth J, Lange Leslie A, Bleecker Eugene R, Meyers Deborah A, Postma Dirkje S
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BACKGROUND: Sex hormones may contribute to the higher prevalence and severity of adult asthma in women compared with men. OBJECTIVE: Sequence variants in the estrogen receptor alpha gene (ESR1) may alter estrogen action in asthma. METHODS: Two hundred asthma probands and their families (n=1249) were genotyped for 5 single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in the ESR1 gene (intervening sequence 1 [IVS1]-1505A/G,...
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