There are 6 cohorts in KoGES, which are KoGES_ Ansan and Anseong study, KoGES_HEXA (health examinee) study, KoGES_CAVAS (cardiovascular disease association study), KoGES_twin and family study, KoGES immigrant study, and KoGES_emigrant study 21
While the genetic associations were robust, functional characterization of CHRNB3 rare variants was not performed to precisely understand the molecular mechanisms of through which loss of 3 subunit influences smoking behavior
Respirology 16:508516 Berman R, Jiang D, Wu Q et al (2016) alpha1-Antitrypsin reduces rhinovirus infection in primary human airway epithelial cells exposed to cigarette smoke
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