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Association between the interleukin-4, interleukin-13 polymorphisms and asthma: a meta-analysis.
Molecular biology reports - 1 Feb 2013
Wang Zhen-Dong, Lian Duan, Shen Jing-Ling, Sun Ruizhen, Xu Wang, Xin Zhang, Lei Lei, Jin Lian-Hong, Jin Shou-de
Abstract excerpt
A numbers studies had been reported that the polymorphisms in the Interleukin 4 (IL-4) and Interleukin 13 (IL-13) genes were associated with susceptibility to asthma. However, the results were inconsistent and inconclusive. We carried out a meta-analysis of case-control genetic association studies to assess whether the combined data showed this association by using a genetic model-free approach. Thirty studies...
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