Identification of novel functional sequence variants in the gene for peptidase inhibitor 3

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Peptidase inhibitor 3 (PI3) inhibits neutrophil elastase and proteinase-3, and has a potential role in skin and lung diseases as well as in cancer. Genome-wide expression profiling of chorioamniotic membranes revealed decreased expre...

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Main Authors: Edwin Samuel, Romero Roberto, Kuivaniemi Helena, Chowdhury Mahboob A, Chaiworapongsa Tinnakorn, Tromp Gerard
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2006-05-01
Series:BMC Medical Genetics
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2350/7/49