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Association between ADAM33 polymorphisms and adult asthma in the Japanese population.
Clinical and experimental allergy : journal of the British Society for Allergy and Clinical Immunology - 1 Jul 2006
Hirota T, Hasegawa K, Obara K, Matsuda A, Akahoshi M, Nakashima K, Shirakawa T, Doi S, Fujita K, Suzuki Y, Nakamura Y, Tamari M
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: ADAM33, a member of the ADAM (a disintegrin and metalloprotease) family, is a putative asthma susceptibility gene recently identified by positional cloning. It is important to know whether the association exists in ethnically diverse populations. OBJECTIVE: To assess whether genetic functional variants of ADAM33 relate to the susceptibility or some phenotypes in adult patients with bronchial asthma in...
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