Article
Confirmation of association of IL-15 with pediatric asthma and comparison of different controls.
Allergy - 1 May 2006
Bierbaum S, Nickel R, Zitnik S, Ahlert I, Lau S, Deichmann K A, Wahn U, Heinzmann A
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Interleukin (IL)-15 is an important mediator in chronic inflammatory diseases. Recently, we have described the association of IL-15 haplotypes with bronchial asthma. Asthma genetics is highly complex - about every second candidate gene is not confirmed in consecutive studies. We were interested in whether association of asthma with IL-15 holds in a second population. Furthermore, we sought to...
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