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Asthma and genes encoding components of the vitamin D pathway.
Respiratory research - 24 Oct 2009
Bossé Yohan, Lemire Mathieu, Poon Audrey H, Daley Denise, He Jian-Qing, Sandford Andrew, White John H, James Alan L, Musk Arthur William, Palmer Lyle J, Raby Benjamin A, Weiss Scott T, Kozyrskyj Anita L, Becker Allan, Hudson Thomas J, Laprise Catherine
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BACKGROUND: Genetic variants at the vitamin D receptor (VDR) locus are associated with asthma and atopy. We hypothesized that polymorphisms in other genes of the vitamin D pathway are associated with asthma or atopy. METHODS: Eleven candidate genes were chosen for this study, five of which code f...
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