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COPD is associated with a macrophage scavenger receptor-1 gene sequence variation.
Chest - 1 May 2010
Ohar Jill A, Hamilton Raymond F, Zheng Siqun, Sadeghnejad Alireza, Sterling David A, Xu Jianfeng, Meyers Deborah A, Bleecker Eugene R, Holian Andrij
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Macrophages play an important role in COPD. We genotyped at-risk smokers to evaluate the role of polymorphisms in the macrophage scavenger receptor-1 gene (MSR1) in COPD susceptibility and related measures of lung function. Then, in macrophages from donors with specific MSR1 genotypes, we determined the effect of MSR1 single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) on macrophage function by examining in vitro...
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