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Neurotrophin serum concentrations and polymorphisms of neurotrophins and their receptors in children with asthma.
Respiratory medicine - 1 Jan 2013
Szczepankiewicz Aleksandra, Rachel Marta, Sobkowiak Paulina, Kycler Zdzisława, Wojsyk-Banaszak Irena, Schöneich Natalia, Szczawińska-Popłonyk Aleksandra, Bręborowicz Anna
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BACKGROUND: In the recent years numerous studies have analysed the effects of neurotrophins on allergic inflammation in airway diseases reporting increased neurotrophin levels locally in the airways as well as in serum of asthmatic patients. We aimed to investigate if levels of neurotrophins in serum of asthmatic children are influenced by the genotype of functional variants within genes encoding analysed...
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