Article
Pharmacogenetics of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
Pharmacogenomics - 1 Jul 2013
Hizawa Nobuyuki
Abstract excerpt
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a complex genetic disease that develops as a result of the interaction of multiple susceptibility genes and environmental factors. Major therapeutic approaches include smoking cessation, treatment with bronchodilators and corticosteroid therapy. The...
Topics
- Bronchodilator Agents
- Humans
- Pharmacogenetics
- Phenotype
- Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive
- Receptors, Adrenergic, beta-2
- Smoking Cessation
