Disorder "Airway Hyperresponsiveness"
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Disorder name:
Airway Hyperresponsiveness 
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Definition:
Airway hyperresponsiveness is the term used to describe airways that narrow too easily and too much in response to challenge with nonspecific contractile agonists. Typically, a graph of airways resistance vs. dose is sigmoid in shape; the response shows a plateau at high levels of contractile stimulus 
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Effect type:
Expressivity(1)  
Modifier effect:
Altered severity(1)  
Modifier gene Variant Effect type Modifier effect Evidence Effect PubMed ID
IL4 IL4:c.-589C>T Expressivity  Altered severity  P<0.0001  Polymorphism in the promoter of the IL-4 gene is associated with asthma and is a disease modifier in terms of the severity of AHR.more more
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