Chronic respiratory diseases have collectively become a major public health concern and
have now taken form as one of the leading causes of mortality worldwide. Most chronic …

Polymorphisms in the ADAM33 gene have been associated with asthma, but the data are
controversial. Therefore, we reviewed the related studies and quantitatively summarized the …

Objective. Psoriatic arthritis (PsA) is a chronic inflammatory skeletal disease associated with
health concerns such as obesity, Type II diabetes, dyslipidemia, hypertension (HTN), and …

Asthma is a heterogeneous disorder with a complex etiology. Prevalence rates for asthma
have been increasing in many countries over the past few decades. While it is unclear why …

Methods: A total of 35 subjects, including 27 patients with asthma and eight non-asthmatic
controls were included using Global Initiative for Asthma guidelines 2005. Bronchial biopsy …

A series of observational studies have been made to investigate the association of the
ADAM33 gene polymorphisms with the risk of COPD, but their results were conflicting …

OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to determine whether ADAM33 (a disintegrin and
metalloproteinase domain 33) polymorphisms confer susceptibility to asthma in different …

Objective (s): Asthma results from the interaction between genetic and environmental
factors. ADAM33 gene on chromosome 20p13 is associated with asthma and airway …

Methods: Thirty five polymorphisms of ADAM33 were genotyped in 55 patients with asthma
and 53 controls. The association of single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) and haplotypes …

In this study, we evaluated the associations between the V4 (rs2787094 G> C)
polymorphism in a disintegrin and metalloproteinase domain 33 (ADAM33) gene and …