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Genetic variants of ADAM33 are associated with asthma susceptibility in the Punjabi population of Pakistan.
The Journal of asthma : official journal of the Association for the Care of Asthma - 1 Jan 2016
Sabar Muhammad Farooq, Ghani Muhammad Usman, Shahid Mariam, Sumrin Aleena, Ali Amjad, Akram Muhammad, Tariq Muhammad Akram, Bano Iqbal
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OBJECTIVE: A disintegrin and metalloproteinase 33 (ADAM33) gene has been considered as an asthma susceptibility gene due to its possible role in airway remodeling, abnormal cell proliferation, and differentiation. Association of this gene with asthma has been reported in several genetic studies on various populations. The current study aims to evaluate the association of ADAM33 gene polymorphisms with the risk of...
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