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Polymorphisms in surfactant protein-D are associated with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
American journal of respiratory cell and molecular biology - 1 Mar 2011
Foreman Marilyn G, Kong Xiangyang, DeMeo Dawn L, Pillai Sreekumar G, Hersh Craig P, Bakke Per, Gulsvik Amund, Lomas David A, Litonjua Augusto A, Shapiro Steven D, Tal-Singer Ruth, Silverman Edwin K
Abstract excerpt
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is characterized by alveolar destruction and abnormal inflammatory responses to noxious stimuli. Surfactant protein-D (SFTPD) is immunomodulatory and essential to host defense. We hypothesized that polymorphisms in SFTPD could influence the susceptibility to COPD. We genotyped six single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in surfactant protein D in 389 patients with COPD...
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