Genetics of sputum gene expression in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.

Previous expression quantitative trait loci (eQTL) studies have performed genetic association studies for gene expression, but most of these studies examined lymphoblastoid cell lines from non-diseased individuals. We examined the genetics of gene expression in a relevant disease tissue from chronic...

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Main Authors: Weiliang Qiu, Michael H Cho, John H Riley, Wayne H Anderson, Dave Singh, Per Bakke, Amund Gulsvik, Augusto A Litonjua, David A Lomas, James D Crapo, Terri H Beaty, Bartolome R Celli, Stephen Rennard, Ruth Tal-Singer, Steven M Fox, Edwin K Silverman, Craig P Hersh, ECLIPSE Investigators
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2011-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3174957?pdf=render