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Enhancement of systemic and sputum granulocyte response to inhaled endotoxin in people with the GSTM1 null genotype.
Occupational and environmental medicine - 1 Oct 2011
Dillon Madeline A, Harris Bradford, Hernandez Michelle L, Zou Baiming, Reed William, Bromberg Philip A, Devlin Robert B, Diaz-Sanchez David, Kleeberger Steven, Zhou Haibo, Lay John C, Alexis Neil E, Peden David B
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OBJECTIVE: To determine if the GSTM1 null genotype is a risk factor for increased inflammatory response to inhaled endotoxin. METHODS: 35 volunteers who had undergone inhalation challenge with a 20 000 endotoxin unit dose of Clinical Center Reference Endotoxin (CCRE) were genotyped for the GSTM1 null polymorphism. Parameters of airway and systemic inflammation observed before and after challenge were compared in...
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