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Association of G-protein-coupled receptor 154 with asthma and total IgE in a population of the Caribbean coast of Colombia.
Clinical and experimental allergy : journal of the British Society for Allergy and Clinical Immunology - 1 Oct 2009
Vergara C, Jiménez S, Acevedo N, Martínez B, Mercado D, Gusmão L, Rafaels N, Hand T, Barnes K C, Caraballo L
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: G protein-coupled receptor 154 was described as an asthma susceptibility gene by positional cloning. It has been subsequently associated with asthma and other inflammatory diseases in several populations with different ethnic origin. Replication of associations adds reliability to these findings. OBJECTIVE: To analyze the association of G protein-coupled receptor 154 with asthma and total and...
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