NFE2L2 pathway polymorphisms and lung function decline in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

Physiological Genomics

Volumn 44, Issue 15, 2012, Pages 754-763

  Sandford, Andrew J ^a   Malhotra, Deepti ^b   Marike Boezen, H ^c   Siedlinski, Mateusz ^c   Postma, Dirkje S ^c   Wong, Vivien ^a   Akhabir, Loubna ^a   He, Jian Qing ^a   Connett, John E ^d   Anthonisen, Nicholas R ^e   Paré, Peter D ^a   Biswal, Shyam ^b,f  

^a ST PAUL S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^f JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Forced expiratory volume in one second; Genetic polymorphism; Nuclear erythroid 2 related factor 2

Indexed keywords

TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR NRF2;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; GENE; GENE CONTROL; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HUMAN; LUNG FUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NFE2L2 GENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKING;

ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION STUDIES; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; LUNG; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NF-E2-RELATED FACTOR 2; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SMOKING;

EID: 84865630650     PISSN: 10948341     EISSN: 15312267     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/physiolgenomics.00027.2012     Document Type: Article

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