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The SERPINE2 gene is associated with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in two large populations.
American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine - 15 Jul 2007
Zhu Guohua, Warren Liling, Aponte Jennifer, Gulsvik Amund, Bakke Per, Anderson Wayne H, Lomas David A, Silverman Edwin K, Pillai Sreekumar G
Abstract excerpt
RATIONALE: Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a complex disease influenced by multiple genes and environmental factors. A region on chromosome 2q has been shown to be linked to COPD. A positional candidate gene from the chromosome 2q region SERPINE2 (Serpin peptidase inhibitor, clade E [nexin, plasminogen activator inhibitor type 1], member 2), was previously evaluated as a susceptibility gene for...
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