Airway and peripheral urokinase plasminogen activator receptor is elevated in asthma, and identifies a severe, nonatopic subset of patients
Rationale: Genetic polymorphisms in the asthma susceptibility gene, urokinase plasminogen activator receptor (uPAR/PLAUR) have been associated with lung function decline and uPAR blood levels in asthma subjects. Preliminary studieshave identified uPAR elevation in asthma; however, a definitive study r...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Wiley
2016
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| Online Access: | http://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/40170/ http://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/40170/ http://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/40170/ http://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/40170/1/Portelli_et_al-2016-Allergy.pdf |