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TGFB1 Gene Promoter Polymorphisms in Serbian Asthmatics.
Advances in clinical and experimental medicine : official organ Wroclaw Medical University - 1 Jan 2000
Dragicevic Sandra, Petrovic-Stanojevic Natasa, Nikolic Aleksandra
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Asthma is a chronic respiratory disease caused by a combination of genetic and environmental factors. Transforming growth factor beta 1 (TGFB1) is a multifunctional cytokine that plays an important role in airway remodeling in asthma. OBJECTIVES: The aim of this study was to analyze common TGFB1 gene promoter polymorphisms C-509T and G-800A in Serbian asthmatics and to investigate their association...
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