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Impact of IL8 and IL8-Receptor alpha polymorphisms on the genetics of bronchial asthma and severe RSV infections

BACKGROUND: Interleukin 8 (IL8) belongs to the family of chemokines. It mediates the activation and migration of neutrophils from peripheral blood into tissue and hereby plays a pivotal role in the initiation of inflammation. Thus it is important in inflammatory lung diseases like bronchial asthma o...

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Autores principales: Puthothu, Beena, Krueger, Marcus, Heinze, Jessica, Forster, Johannes, Heinzmann, Andrea
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2006
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1388233/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16503988
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1476-7961-4-2