Asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: Common genes, common environments?

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 183, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 1588-1594

  Postma, Dirkje S ^a,b   Kerkhof, Marjan ^a,b   Boezen, H Marike ^a,b   Koppelman, Gerard H ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b Groningen Research Institute for Asthma and COPD   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Asthma; COPD; Genetics; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

ADAM PROTEIN; ALLERGEN; CASPASE RECRUITMENT DOMAIN PROTEIN 15; CASPASE RECRUITMENT DOMAIN PROTEIN 4; CD14 ANTIGEN; EXTRACELLULAR SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE M1; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE P1; HLA DQB1 ANTIGEN; HLA DR ANTIGEN; HLA G ANTIGEN; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 13; INTERLEUKIN 4; INTERLEUKIN 4 RECEPTOR ALPHA; INTERLEUKIN 8; INTERSTITIAL COLLAGENASE; TOBACCO SMOKE; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA1; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

AIR POLLUTION; ASTHMA; BREAST FEEDING; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; EMPHYSEMA; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FAMILY HISTORY; GENE DELETION; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETIC RISK; GENOTYPE ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; LUNG DEVELOPMENT; LUNG FUNCTION; MATERNAL NUTRITION; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; REVIEW; SEX; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SMALL AIRWAY DISEASE; SMOKING;

ASTHMA; CLONING, ORGANISM; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION STUDIES; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; HUMANS; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 80051575023     PISSN: 1073449X     EISSN: 15354970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1164/rccm.201011-1796PP     Document Type: Review

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