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Association between nonspecific airway hyperresponsiveness and Arg16Gly beta2-adrenergic receptor gene polymorphism in asymptomatic healthy Japanese subjects.
Chest - 1 Aug 2006
Fukui Yoshinobu, Hizawa Nobuyuki, Takahashi Daisuke, Maeda Yukiko, Jinushi Eisei, Konno Satoshi, Nishimura Masaharu
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Nonspecific airway hyperresponsiveness (AHR), a cardinal feature of asthma, is thought to result from several genetic and environmental factors. Asymptomatic AHR in nonasthmatic healthy subjects might be a risk factor for the development of asthma. Genetic variations in codons 16 and 27 of the human beta(2)-adrenergic receptor (beta(2)-AR) alter receptor function in vitro and are associated with...
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