Article
Polymorphisms in IL13 pathway genes in asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
Allergy - 1 Apr 2010
Beghé B, Hall I P, Parker S G, Moffatt M F, Wardlaw A, Connolly M J, Fabbri L M, Ruse C, Sayers I
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) are chronic respiratory diseases involving an interaction between genetic and environmental factors. Interleukin-13 (IL13) has been suggested to have a role in both asthma and COPD. We investigated whether single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in the IL13 pathway may contribute to the susceptibility and severity of asthma and COPD in adults....
Topics
- Adult
- Aged
- Asthma
- Female
- Genetic Predisposition to Disease
- Genotype
- Haplotypes
- Humans
- Interleukin-13
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide
- Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive
