Identification of novel functional sequence variants in the gene for peptidase inhibitor 3

• Main Authors: Edwin Samuel (Author), Romero Roberto (Author), Kuivaniemi Helena (Author), Chowdhury Mahboob A (Author), Chaiworapongsa Tinnakorn (Author), Tromp Gerard (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2006-05-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Peptidase inhibitor 3 (PI3) inhibits neutrophil elastase and proteinase-3, and has a potential role in skin and lung diseases as well as in cancer. Genome-wide expression profiling of chorioamniotic membranes revealed decreased expre...