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Genetic factors explain half of all variance in serum eosinophil cationic protein.
Clinical and experimental allergy : journal of the British Society for Allergy and Clinical Immunology - 1 Dec 2014
Elmose C, Sverrild A, van der Sluis S, Kyvik K O, Backer V, Thomsen S F
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BACKGROUND: Eosinophil cationic protein (ECP) is one of four basic proteins of the secretory granules of eosinophils. It has a variety of functions associated with inflammatory responses. Little is known about the causes for variation in serum ECP levels. AIM: To identify factors associated with variation in serum ECP and to determine the relative proportion of the variation in ECP due to genetic and non-genetic...
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