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Polymorphisms of PHF11 and DPP10 are associated with asthma and related traits in a Chinese population.
Respiration; international review of thoracic diseases - 1 Jan 2010
Gao Jinming, Li Weijuan, Willis-Owen Saffron A, Jiang Lei, Ma Yi, Tian Xinlun, Moffatt Miriam, Cookson William, Lin Yaoguang, Zhang Youming
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Initial studies by positional cloning have identified the genes encoding the plant homeodomain zinc finger protein 11 (PHF11) and dipeptidyl-peptidase 10 (DPP10) as asthma susceptibility genes. The variants in the two genes have been associated with asthma in several populations of European or Latin American origin. OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to assess the common PHF11 and DPP10...
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