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Correlation between genetic polymorphism of cytokine genes, plasma protein levels and bronchial asthma in the Han people in northern China.
The Journal of asthma : official journal of the Association for the Care of Asthma - 1 Sept 2008
Xiaomin Liu, Fenglin Cao, Jianmin Huo, Yuzhi Shi, Binsheng Gong, Yingmei Zhang
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BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE: A variety of cytokines are involved in the incidence and development of bronchial asthma. This study was designed to reveal the relationship among genetic polymorphism of cytokine genes, expression levels of cytokines and incidence of bronchial asthma. METHODS: We analyzed 14 single nucleotide polymorphism loci in the 10 major cytokine genes plus plasma protein levels of 7 proteins in...
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