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Impact of a functional polymorphism in the PAR-1 gene promoter in COPD and COPD exacerbations.
American journal of physiology. Lung cellular and molecular physiology - 15 Aug 2014
Platé Manuela, Lawson Phillippa J, Hill Michael R, Quint Jennifer K, Kumari Meena, Laurent Geoffrey J, Wedzicha Jadwiga A, Chambers Rachel C, Hurst John R
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Proteinase-activated receptor-1 (PAR-1) plays a key role in mediating the interplay between coagulation and inflammation in response to injury. The aim of this study was to investigate the role of the promoter single-nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) rs2227744G>A in modulating PAR-1/F2R gene expressi...
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