CONCLUSIONS: A whole blood P2X(7) pore assay robustly identifies participants with loss-of-function genotypes. Using this assay as an epidemiologic tool, attenuated P2X(7) pore activity may be a novel biomarker of virus-induced loss of asthma control.
PMID: 19201928 [PubMed - in process] (Source: American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine)

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