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Promoter polymorphism G-50T of a human CYP2J2 epoxygenase gene is associated with common susceptibility to asthma.
Chest - 1 Jul 2007
Polonikov Alexey V, Ivanov Vladimir P, Solodilova Mariya A, Khoroshaya Irina V, Kozhuhov Mikhail A, Panfilov Valery I
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Cytochrome P-450 2J2 (CYP2J2) has recently been shown to be an important enzyme in the metabolism of epoxygenase-derived eicosanoids that play important functional roles in pulmonary physiology and may contribute to the pathogenesis of asthma. STUDY OBJECTIVE: The focus of our pilot study was to evaluate whether common polymorphism G-50T within the proximal promoter of human CYP2J2 gene is associated...
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