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Transglutaminase 2, a novel regulator of eicosanoid production in asthma revealed by genome-wide expression profiling of distinct asthma phenotypes.
PloS one - 5 Jan 2010
Hallstrand Teal S, Wurfel Mark M, Lai Ying, Ni Zhanglin, Gelb Michael H, Altemeier William A, Beyer Richard P, Aitken Moira L, Henderson William R
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BACKGROUND: A frequent manifestation of asthma, exercise-induced bronchoconstriction (EIB), occurs in 30-50% of asthmatics and is characterized by increased release of inflammatory eicosanoids. The objective of this study was to identify genes differentially expressed in EIB and to understand the...
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