Article
PTEN identified as important risk factor of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
Respiratory medicine - 1 Dec 2009
Hosgood H Dean, Menashe Idan, He Xingzhou, Chanock Stephen, Lan Qing
Abstract excerpt
Common genetic variation may play an important role in altering chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) risk. In Xuanwei, China, the COPD rate is more than twice the Chinese national average, and COPD is strongly associated with in-home coal use. To identify genetic variation that may be associated with COPD in a population with substantial in-home coal smoke exposures, we evaluated 1261 single nucleotide...
Read the complete abstract on PubMedTopics
Share this publication in a Topic to start or enrich a Post.
