The Arg/Arg polymorphism of the ADRB2 is associated with the severity of allergic asthma

J Allergy Clin Immunol Pract. 2016 Nov-Dec;4(6):1251-1252. doi: 10.1016/j.jaip.2016.06.014. Epub 2016 Jul 13.

Authors

Nicola Scichilone¹, Chiara Caponetto², Evelina Fagone³, Alida Benfante², Alessandra Paternò², Enrico Heffler³, Nunzio Crimi³, Carlo Vancheri³

Affiliations

¹ Biomedical Department of Internal and Specialist Medicine, University of Palermo, Palermo, Italy; Euro-Mediterranean Institute of Science and Technology, Palermo, Italy. Electronic address: nicola.scichilone@unipa.it.
² Biomedical Department of Internal and Specialist Medicine, University of Palermo, Palermo, Italy.
³ Department of Clinical and Molecular Biomedicine, University of Catania, Catania, Italy.

PMID: 27421901
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaip.2016.06.014

No abstract available

Publication types

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

MeSH terms

Adrenergic beta-2 Receptor Agonists / therapeutic use
Arginine / genetics*
Asthma / drug therapy
Asthma / genetics*
Genotype
Glycine / genetics
Homozygote
Humans
Polymorphism, Genetic / genetics*
Receptors, Adrenergic, beta-2 / genetics*

Substances

ADRB2 protein, human
Adrenergic beta-2 Receptor Agonists
Receptors, Adrenergic, beta-2
Arginine
Glycine