Genetics of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, beyond a1-antitrypsin deficiency.

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It is known that only 10-20% of smokers develop COPD, implying that apart from environmental features, additional factors such as genetic variability contribute to smoke susceptibility. This proposal is in compatibility with the "Dutch Hypothesis", formulated in the early 60's. Alpha-1-antitrypsin gene was implicated in the pathogenesis of COPD, especially the homozygous state of z allele. Since then many other...

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