Article
Correlation between alcohol-induced asthma and acetaldehyde dehydrogenase-2 genotype.
The Journal of allergy and clinical immunology - 1 May 1998
Takao A, Shimoda T, Kohno S, Asai S, Harda S
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Alcohol-induced asthma, a phenomenon characteristic of Asians, is due to differences in alcohol metabolism, particularly acetaldehyde metabolism. We investigated the effect of polymorphism in acetylaldehyde dehydrogenase 2 (ALDH2) gene on the response to alcohol challenge testing in a...
Topics
- Acetaldehyde
- Adult
- Aged
- Aldehyde Oxidoreductases
- Allergens
- Asthma
- Ethanol
- Female
- Genotype
- Histamine
- Humans
- Male
- Middle Aged
