Respiratory Medicine
Volume 101, Issue 5 , Pages 938-943, May 2007

Transforming growth factor-β1 polymorphisms, airway responsiveness and lung function decline in smokers☆

  • Emiko Ogawa

      Affiliations

    • James Hogg iCAPTURE Center for Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Research, St. Paul's Hospital, Room 166, 1081 Burrard Street, Vancouver, BC, Canada V6Z 1Y6
    • ,
  • Jian Ruan

      Affiliations

    • James Hogg iCAPTURE Center for Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Research, St. Paul's Hospital, Room 166, 1081 Burrard Street, Vancouver, BC, Canada V6Z 1Y6
    • ,
  • John E. Connett

      Affiliations

    • Division of Biostatistics, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, MN, USA
    • ,
  • Nicholas R. Anthonisen

      Affiliations

    • Faculty of Medicine, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada
    • ,
  • Peter D. Paré

      Affiliations

    • James Hogg iCAPTURE Center for Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Research, St. Paul's Hospital, Room 166, 1081 Burrard Street, Vancouver, BC, Canada V6Z 1Y6
    • ,
  • Andrew J. Sandford

      Affiliations

    • James Hogg iCAPTURE Center for Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Research, St. Paul's Hospital, Room 166, 1081 Burrard Street, Vancouver, BC, Canada V6Z 1Y6
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +16048069008; fax: +16048068351.

Received 10 January 2006; accepted 10 September 2006. published online 30 October 2006.

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☆ This study was supported by grants from the British Columbia Lung Association, the Canadian Institutes of Health Research and National Institutes of Heath Grant 5R01HL064068-04. The Lung Health Study was supported by Contract N01-HR-46002 from the Division of Lung Diseases of the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute.

PII: S0954-6111(06)00455-0

doi:10.1016/j.rmed.2006.09.008

Respiratory Medicine
Volume 101, Issue 5 , Pages 938-943, May 2007

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