Leukotriene gene polymorphisms

Kim SH, Choi JH, Holloway JW, et al. (2005) Leukotriene-related gene polymorphisms in patients with aspirin-intolerant urticaria and aspirin-intolerant asthma differing contributions of ALOX5 polymorphism in Korean population. J Korean Med Sci. 20, 926-931. 

Anderson, W., et al., "A Single Nucleotide Polymorphism in the 5-Lipoxygenase Gene is Associated with a Reduced Response to Leukotriene Antagonists," Am. Rev. Respir. Crit. Care Med., 163(5), A198 (2000). 

Van SR, Stevenson DD, Baldasaro M, et al. (2000) 5 Flanking region polymorphism of the gene encoding leukotriene C4 synthase does not correlate with the aspirin-intolerant asthma phenotype in the United States. J Allergy Clin Immunol. 106(1 pt. 1), 72-76. 

Asano K, Shiomi T, Hasegaw a N, et al Leukotriene C4 synthase gene A(-444)C polymorphism and clinical response to a CYS-LT( l) antagonist, pranlukast, in Japanese patients with moderate asthma. Pharmacogenetics 2002 12 565-570. (Ila)... 

Sanchez-Borges M, Acevedo N, Vergara C, Jimenez S, Zabner-Oziel P, Monzon A, Caraballo L. The A-444C polymorphism in the leukotriene C4 synthase gene is associated with aspirin-induced urticaria. J Investig Allergol Clin Immunol 2009 19(5) 375-82. 

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