Confirmation of GPRA: A putative drug target for asthma

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 171, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 1323-1324

  Postma, Dirkje S ^a   Koppelman, Gerard H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; ANTIHISTAMINIC AGENT; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; BETA 2 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR; BRONCHODILATING AGENT; G PROTEIN COUPLED RECEPTOR; HISTAMINE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; MUSCARINIC RECEPTOR; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT;

AAAI GENE; ADAM 33 GENE; ADAM33 GENE; ASTHMA; ATOPY; CELL PROLIFERATION; CHROMOSOME 7P; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DPP10 GENE; EDITORIAL; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GENE; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC LINKAGE; GPR154 GENE; GPRA GENE; HAPLOTYPE; HLA G GENE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; INFLAMMATION; METABOLISM; PHENOTYPE; PHF11 GENE; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANTI-ASTHMATIC AGENTS; ASTHMA; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; MALE; RECEPTORS, G-PROTEIN-COUPLED; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 20444423638     PISSN: 1073449X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1164/rccm.2503006     Document Type: Editorial

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