NOS3 polymorphism, lung function, and exposure in swine operations: results of 2 studies

J Allergy Clin Immunol. 2014 Aug;134(2):485-8. doi: 10.1016/j.jaci.2014.04.006. Epub 2014 May 24.

Authors

Zhiwei Gao¹, James A Dosman², Donna C Rennie², David A Schwartz³, Ivana V Yang³, Jeremy Beach⁴, Ambikaipakan Senthilselvan⁵

Affiliations

¹ School of Public Health, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
² Canadian Centre for Health and Safety in Agriculture, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada.
³ Department of Medicine, University of Colorado, Denver, Colo.
⁴ Department of Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
⁵ School of Public Health, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. Electronic address: sentil@ualberta.ca.

PMID: 24865140
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaci.2014.04.006

No abstract available

Publication types

Letter
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Adult
Alleles
Animal Husbandry*
Animals
Cross-Sectional Studies
Environmental Exposure*
Female
Gene Expression
Gene-Environment Interaction
Haplotypes
Humans
Longitudinal Studies
Lung / enzymology
Lung / physiopathology*
Male
Middle Aged
Nitric Oxide / biosynthesis
Nitric Oxide Synthase Type III / genetics*
Occupational Exposure*
Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide*
Respiratory Function Tests
Swine

Substances

Nitric Oxide
NOS3 protein, human
Nitric Oxide Synthase Type III

Grants and funding

MOP-57907/Canadian Institutes of Health Research/Canada