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Hedgehog-interacting protein is a COPD susceptibility gene: the Rotterdam Study.
The European respiratory journal - 1 Jul 2010
Van Durme Y M T A, Eijgelsheim M, Joos G F, Hofman A, Uitterlinden A G, Brusselle G G, Stricker B H Ch
Abstract excerpt
The Hedgehog signalling pathway plays an important role in lung morphogenesis and cellular responses to lung injury. A genome-wide association study has demonstrated that two single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) near the Hedgehog-interacting protein (Hip) gene, SNP identifiers rs1828591 and rs13118928, are associated with risk of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). The aim of the present study was to...
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