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DNA sequence variations of metalloproteinases: their role in asthma and COPD.
Postgraduate medical journal - 1 Apr 2007
Sampsonas Fotis, Kaparianos Alexander, Lykouras Dimosthenis, Karkoulias Kiriakos, Spiropoulos Kostas
Abstract excerpt
Asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) are complex genetic diseases that cause considerable morbidity and mortality worldwide. Genetic variability interacting with environmental and ethnic factors is presumed to cause tobacco smoke susceptibility and to influence asthma severity. A disintegrin and metalloproteinase 33 (ADAM33) and matrix metalloproteinase-9 (MMP9) appear to have important roles...
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