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Docking analysis and the possibility of prediction efficacy for an anti-IL-13 biopharmaceutical treatment with tralokinumab and lebrikizumab for bronchial asthma.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2017
Nakamura Yutaka, Sugano Aki, Ohta Mika, Takaoka Yutaka
Abstract excerpt
Interleukin-13 (IL-13) is associated with allergic airway inflammation and airway remodeling. Our group found a variant with a single nucleotide polymorphism in the IL13 gene at position +2044G>A (rs20541) that was expected to result in the non-conservative replacement of a positively charged arginine (R) with a neutral glutamine (Q) at position 144. IL-13Q144 was associated with augmented allergic airway...
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