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A polymorphism in the NPPA gene associates with asthma.
Clinical and experimental allergy : journal of the British Society for Allergy and Clinical Immunology - 1 Jul 2008
Lima J J, Mohapatra S, Feng H, Lockey R, Jena P K, Castro M, Irvin C, Johnson J A, Wang J, Sylvester J E
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BACKGROUND: Atrial natriuretic peptide (ANP) plays an important role in the lung and in augmenting allergic inflammation in asthma. The gene encoding ANP, NPPA, is located on chromosome 1p36, a region that has been linked to asthma. OBJECTIVES: Determine associations between asthma and four commo...
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