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MMP-9 gene variants increase the risk for non-atopic asthma in children

BACKGROUND: Atopic and non-atopic wheezing may be caused by different etiologies: while eosinophils are more important in atopic asthmatic wheezers, neutrophils are predominantly found in BAL samples of young children with wheezing. Both neutrophils as well as eosinophils may secrete matrix metallop...

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Autores principales: Pinto, Leonardo A, Depner, Martin, Klopp, Norman, Illig, Thomas, Vogelberg, Christian, von Mutius, Erika, Kabesch, Michael
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2010
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2838833/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20181264
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1465-9921-11-23