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Decoding asthma: translating genetic variation in IL33 and IL1RL1 into disease pathophysiology.
The Journal of allergy and clinical immunology - 1 Mar 2013
Grotenboer Néomi S, Ketelaar Maria E, Koppelman Gerard H, Nawijn Martijn C
Abstract excerpt
Asthma is a complex disease that results from the interaction between genetic predisposition and environmental factors. Recently, genome-wide association studies have identified a number of genes that significantly contribute to asthma. Two of these genes, IL33 and IL-1 receptor-like 1 (IL1RL1), act in one signal transduction pathway. IL33 encodes a cytokine released on damage of cells, whereas IL1RL1 encodes...
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