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Genetic association studies of interleukin-13 receptor alpha1 subunit gene polymorphisms in asthma and atopy.
The European respiratory journal - 1 Jul 2007
Konstantinidis A K, Barton S J, Sayers I, Yang I A, Lordan J L, Rorke S, Clough J B, Holgate S T, Holloway J W
Abstract excerpt
Interleukin (IL)-13 plays a central role in asthma pathogenesis by binding to the IL-13 receptor, which is a heterodimer composed of the IL-13 receptor alpha1 subunit (IL-13Ralpha1) and IL-4Ralpha. The genetic diversity at the IL-13Ralpha1 gene (IL13RA1) locus on chromosome Xq24 was characterised and the association of identified polymorphisms with asthma and atopy phenotypes examined. The promoter and coding...
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