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Methacholine PC20 in African Americans and whites with asthma with homozygous genotypes at ADRB2 codon 16.
Pulmonary pharmacology & therapeutics - 1 Jun 2013
Blake Kathryn, Cury James D, Hossain Jobayer, Tantisira Kelan, Wang Jianwei, Mougey Edward, Lima John
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BACKGROUND: African Americans have worse asthma outcomes compared to whites. Adrenoceptor beta 2, surface gene (ADRB2) Gly16Arg genotypes have been associated with β2-agonist bronchodilator response, asthma exacerbation rate, response to methacholine, and lung function decline but not specifically in African Americans. OBJECTIVE: We sought to compare the provocative concentration of methacholine that causes a 20%...
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