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Refining susceptibility loci of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease with lung eqtls.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2013
Lamontagne Maxime, Couture Christian, Postma Dirkje S, Timens Wim, Sin Don D, Paré Peter D, Hogg James C, Nickle David, Laviolette Michel, Bossé Yohan
Abstract excerpt
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is the fourth leading cause of mortality worldwide. Recent genome-wide association studies (GWAS) have identified robust susceptibility loci associated with COPD. However, the mechanisms mediating the risk conferred by these loci remain to be found. The goal of this study was to identify causal genes/variants within susceptibility loci associated with COPD. In the...
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