STAT6 variants and non-atopic asthma in Pakistani population.

Authors: Riaz A, Ahsan Riaz M, Khan L, Shareef Masoud M, Hussain G, Iqbal M, Qasim M Abstract Asthma a chronic airway inflammatory disease mainly characterized by airways obstruction. Airway hyper responsiveness particularly in eosinophils and inflammatory mediators affect the bronchial mucosa. Genetic association studies show the association of single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in the STAT6 gene with asthma risk. Role of Signal transducer and activator of transcription 6 (STAT6) is acute for T-helper 2 (Th2) mediated responses during allergic airway diseases. Objective was to investigate whether the two single nucleotide polymorphism (rs4559 and rs324011) in STAT6 gene are associated with non-atopic asthma risk in Pakistani population. One hundred (100) asthma patients with a...

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