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A functional variant in the γ-glutamyltransferase (GGT)1 gene is associated with airflow obstruction in smokers

  • Kazunori Morita , Natsuki Masuda , Takahiro Tanaka , Junji Saruwatari , Kentaro Oniki , Ayami Kajiwara , Koji Otake , Yasuhiro Ogata and Kazuko Nakagawa EMAIL logo

Corresponding author: Kazuko Nakagawa, MD, PhD, Division of Pharmacology and Therapeutics, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Kumamoto University, 5-1, Oe-honmachi, Chuo-ku, Kumamoto 862-0973, Japan, Phone: +81 96 3714545, Fax: +81 96 3714545, E-mail: ; and Center for Clinical Pharmaceutical Sciences, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto, Japan

Acknowledgments

The authors wish to thank all of the study participants. Additionally, the authors thank Naoki Kumagae (Division of Pharmacology and Therapeutics, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto, Japan) for his help with genotyping and data acquisition.

Author contributions: All the authors have accepted responsibility for the entire content of this submitted manuscript and approved submission.

Financial support: This study was supported by KAKENHI (No. 23510348 and 26360049).

Employment or leadership: None declared.

Honorarium: None declared.

Competing interests: The funding organization(s) played no role in the study design; in the collection, analysis, and interpretation of data; in the writing of the report; or in the decision to submit the report for publication.

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Received: 2015-4-9
Accepted: 2015-5-19
Published Online: 2015-6-17
Published in Print: 2015-11-1

©2015 by De Gruyter

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