Article
Associations of beta2-adrenergic receptor genotypes and haplotypes with wheezing illness in Taiwanese schoolchildren.
Allergy - 1 Oct 2009
Lee Y-L, Wang S-T, Tsai C-H, Guo Y L
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Increasing attention was focused on the beta2-adrenergic receptor gene (ADRB2), whose genetic variability has been implicated as a risk factor for asthma-related phenotypes. However, only a few studies reported the associations by utilizing haplotypic approaches. We therefore examined the relationship of childhood wheezing illness with polymorphisms at codons 16 and 27, and evaluated the influence of...
Topics
- Adolescent
- Case-Control Studies
- Child
- Female
- Genetic Predisposition to Disease
- Genotype
- Haplotypes
- Humans
- Male
- Polymorphism, Genetic
- Receptors, Adrenergic, beta-2
- Respiratory Sounds
- Taiwan
