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Analysis of 927T> C CYSLTRI and -444A > C LTC4S polymorphisms in patients with asthma.
Journal of investigational allergology & clinical immunology - 1 Jan 2006
Sanz C, Isidro-García M, Dávila I, Moreno E, Laffond E, Lorente F
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: The cysteinyl leukotrienes (cys-LTs) are proinflammatory mediators synthesized through the 5-lipoxygenase pathway of arachidonic acid metabolism. Cys-LTs exert their biological action by binding two types of G-protein-coupled seven transmembrane receptors, CYSLTR1 and CYSLTR2. The contribution of the cys-LT receptors to bronchial asthma has been established by the therapeutic efficacy of biosynthetic...
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