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Lack of association between ADAM33 gene and asthma in a Chinese population.
International journal of immunogenetics - 1 Aug 2006
Wang P, Liu Q J, Li J S, Li H C, Wei C H, Guo C H, Gong Y Q
Abstract excerpt
Asthma is a complex polygenic disease with gene-environment interactions being important. It has been previously suggested that ADAM33, which is a member of a gene family that encodes membrane-anchored proteins with a disintegrin and a metalloprotease domain, is primarily expressed in lung fibroblasts and bronchial smooth muscle cells and has been associated with airway remodelling and bronchial...
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