Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is characterized by airflow obstruction due
to chronic bronchitis, emphysema, and/or disease of small airways. It has been reported that …

Background Interleukin-13 (IL-13) has been implicated to be responsible for recruitment of
inflammatory cells from the blood to the lung, regulation of matrix metalloproteinase and …

Numerous studies have investigated association of interleukin-13 (IL-13) G+ 2044A
polymorphism with COPD susceptibility; however, the results were inconsistent and …

Objective To investigate the polymorphism of interleukin (IL)-13 gene in Chinese Han
population, and to study the possible association of IL-13 polymorphism and the …

The pathogenesis of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is not fully understood,
and environment and genetic factors have been investigated. Moreover, cytokine genes play …

Objective To investigate the polymorphism of interleukin-10 (IL-10) gene promoters in
Chinese Han people, and to disclose whether such polymorphism is associated with …

Interleukin-13 (IL13)− 1055 polymorphism has been implicated in the development of
chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) in various studies with conflicting results …

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is considered a complex genetic disorder
and it is expected that many genes play a role in the pathogenesis of this disease. Previous …

Backgrounds Experimental studies have implicated the involvement of interleukin 6 (IL6) in
chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), supporting the possible association …

Background Genetic factors are believed to play a role in the individual susceptibility to
chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). A single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) of …