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Identification of novel functional sequence variants in the gene for peptidase inhibitor 3.
BMC medical genetics - 23 May 2006
Chowdhury Mahboob A, Kuivaniemi Helena, Romero Roberto, Edwin Samuel, Chaiworapongsa Tinnakorn, Tromp Gerard
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BACKGROUND: Peptidase inhibitor 3 (PI3) inhibits neutrophil elastase and proteinase-3, and has a potential role in skin and lung diseases as well as in cancer. Genome-wide expression profiling of chorioamniotic membranes revealed decreased expression of PI3 in women with preterm premature rupture of membranes. To elucidate the molecular mechanisms contributing to the decreased expression in amniotic membranes,...
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