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Association between MUC5B polymorphism and susceptibility and severity of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis.
International journal of clinical and experimental pathology - 1 Jan 2015
Jiang Haiming, Hu Yejia, Shang Li, Li Yuzhu, Yang Lihua, Chen Yuguo
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVES: Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) is a group of lung diseases that cause irreversible architectural distortion and impair gas, and finally progressive pulmonary functional decline and death, in which the common variant in the promoter region of the mucin 5B (MUC5B) gene may be involved. The present study aims to investigate whether variants within the MUC5B gene rs35705950 contributed to IPF...
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