Candidate gene association studies of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and asthma
COPD and asthma are complex diseases characterized by pulmonary inflammation. The roles of single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in the inflammatory cytokine IL10, IL10RA, CSF2, CSF3 and IL6 in COPD and SNPs in a Th2-polarizing cytokine thymic stromal lymphopoietin (TSLP) in asthma are not clear. A...
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University of British Columbia
2010
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/2429/23723 |