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Mannose binding lectin gene polymorphisms and asthma.
Clinical and experimental allergy : journal of the British Society for Allergy and Clinical Immunology - 1 Sept 2007
Wang X, Saito J, Tanino Y, Ishida T, Fujita T, Munakata M
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BACKGROUND: Bronchial asthma is a chronic inflammatory disorder of the airways. Recently, it has been suggested that complement plays significant roles in asthma. Mannose-binding lectin (MBL) is one of the key molecules in complement activation pathways that are associated with several infectious and immune disorders. SUBJECTS AND METHOD: To investigate whether MBL plays roles in asthma, we analysed MBL2...
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