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Alternative Gene Expression by TOLLIP Variant Is Associated With Lung Function in Chronic Hypersensitivity Pneumonitis.
Chest - 1 Feb 2022
Katayanagi Shinji, Setoguchi Yasuhiro, Kitagawa Sayoko, Okamoto Tsukasa, Miyazaki Yasunari
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BACKGROUND: Chronic hypersensitivity pneumonitis (CHP) is a heterogeneous fibrotic interstitial pneumonia resulting from the immune response of susceptible individuals to inhaled antigens. Genetic predispositions have been suggested in CHP; however, the link between susceptibility genes and fibrotic progression has not been elucidated fully. Recent data suggest that variants in Toll-interacting protein gene...
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