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Toll-like Receptor 4 Pathway Polymorphisms Interact with Pollution to Influence Asthma Diagnosis and Severity.
Scientific reports - 23 Aug 2018
Schurman Shepherd H, Bravo Mercedes A, Innes Cynthia L, Jackson W Braxton, McGrath John A, Miranda Marie Lynn, Garantziotis Stavros
Abstract excerpt
Asthma is a common chronic lung disease, the incidence and severity of which may be influenced by gene-environment interactions. Our objective was to examine associations between single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) and combinations of SNPs in the toll-like receptor 4 (TLR4) pathway, residential distance to roadway as a proxy for traffic-related air pollution exposure, and asthma diagnosis and exacerbations. We...
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