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Asthma Risk Factors
Research on asthma risk factors described by scientists at Michigan State University
April 11th, 2007
New research, "Interleukin-1R antagonist gene and pre-natal smoke exposure are associated with childhood asthma," is the subject of a report. "The interleukin-1 receptor antagonist (IL1RN) is a potent anti-inflammatory cytokine. In the present study, association of the human IL1RN gene polymorphisms with asthma, bronchial hyperresponsiveness and forced expiratory volume in one second/forced vital capacity ratio was tested and the data was stratified by environmental tobacco smoke exposure in order to investigate a gene-smoking interaction," scientists writing in the European Respiratory Journal report. "In an unselected subset (n=921) of the Isle of Wight birth...
Source: Immunotherapy Weekly (2007-04-11)
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