Common genes underlying asthma and COPD? Genome-wide analysis on the Dutch hypothesis
Asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) are thought to share a genetic background (''Dutch hypothesis''). We investigated whether asthma and COPD have common underlying genetic factors, performing genome-wide association studies for both asthma and COPD and combining the results in meta-analyses. Three loci showed potential involvement in both diseases: chr2p24.3, chr5q23.1 and chr13q14.2, containing DDX1, COMMD10 (both participating in the nuclear factor (NF) κβ pathway) and GNG5P5, respectively. Single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) rs9534578 in GNG5P5 reached genome-wide si... Mehr ...
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Dokumenttyp: | Artikel |
Erscheinungsdatum: | 2014 |
Sprache: | Englisch |
Permalink: | https://search.fid-benelux.de/Record/base-29035821 |
Datenquelle: | BASE; Originalkatalog |
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Link(s) : | http://repub.eur.nl/pub/88864 |