17q21 Variants Disturb Mucosal Host Defense in Childhood Asthma

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Laurisa Dohm
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Researchers revealed that the 17q21 risk allele induced a genotype- and asthma/wheeze phenotype-dependent enhancement of mucosal GSDMB expression as the only relevant 17q21-encoded gene in children with preschool wheeze.
[American Journal Of Respiratory And Critical Care Medicine]
Abstract