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Polymorphisms in the airway epithelium related genes CDHR3 and EMSY are associated with asthma susceptibility.
BMC pulmonary medicine - 19 Nov 2020
Zhang Miaomiao, Chen Guo, Wang Yu, Wu Shou-Quan, Sandford Andrew J, He Jian-Qing
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BACKGROUND: As a main line of defense of the respiratory tract, the airway epithelium plays an important role in the pathogenesis of asthma. CDHR3 and EMSY were reported to be expressed in the human airway epithelium. Although previous genome-wide association studies found that the two genes were associated with asthma susceptibility, similar observations have not been made in the Chinese Han population. METHODS:...
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