Article
A new PTGDR promoter polymorphism in a population of children with asthma.
Pediatric allergy and immunology : official publication of the European Society of Pediatric Allergy and Immunology - 1 Mar 2009
Sanz Catalina, Isidoro-García María, Dávila Ignacio, de Pedro Marien Pascual, Méndez Sonia de Arriba, Padrón Juana, Ruiz-SanFrancisco Arturo, Lorente Félix
Abstract excerpt
Recently, functional genetic variants of the PTGDR gene have been associated with asthma. The objective of this work was to study polymorphisms of the promoter region of PTGDR and their haplotype and diplotype combinations in a Spanish population of children with asthma. In this study, 200 Caucasian individuals were included. Asthma was specialist-physician diagnosed according to the ATS criteria. The...
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