abstract Atrial natriuretic peptide (ANP) plays an important role in the lung and in augmenting allergic inflammation in asthma. The gene encoding ANP, NPPA, is located on chromosome 1p36, a region that has been linked to asthma.
authors Lima, J. J. Castro, M. Sylvester, J. E. Johnson, Julie A Wang, J. Mohapatra, S. Feng,Hua Lockey, R. Jena, P. K. Irvin, C.
has subject area Adult Alleles Asthma Atrial Natriuretic Factor Case-Control Studies Cohort Studies Female Gene Frequency Genetic Predisposition to Disease Genotype Haplotypes Humans Male Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide