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CD14 gene polymorphism is not associated with asthma but rather with bronchial obstruction and hyperreactivity in Slovenian children with non-atopic asthma.
Respiratory medicine - 1 Oct 2011
Perin Petra, Berce Vojko, Potocnik Uros
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Though the associations of CD14 with asthma have already been studied, the results of different independent studies are in conflict, mostly due to differences in the pathogenesis of varying asthma sub-phenotypes. The aim of our study was to perform an association analysis of promoter single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) -159C/T (rs2569190) in the CD14 gene for Slovenian children with asthma. METHODS:...
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