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Association of polymorphisms in CASP10 and CASP8 with FEV(1)/FVC and bronchial hyperresponsiveness in ethnically diverse asthmatics.
Clinical and experimental allergy : journal of the British Society for Allergy and Clinical Immunology - 1 Nov 2008
Smith Alicia K, Lange Leslie A, Ampleford Elizabeth J, Meyers Deborah A, Bleecker Eugene R, Howard Timothy D
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BACKGROUND: Several chromosomal regions have been identified using family-based linkage analysis to contain genes contributing to the development of asthma and allergic disorders. One of these regions, chromosome 2q32-q33, contains a gene cluster containing CFLAR, CASP10 and CASP8. These genes regulate the extrinsic apoptosis pathway utilized by several types of immune and structural cells that have been...
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