Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

From SNPedia

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a disease of the lungs in which the airways become narrower, leading to shortness of breath Wikipedia. Chronic bronchitis and emphysema are both forms of COPD.

SNPs that influence risk for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease include:

• rs1982073
• rs17576
• rs8192287
• rs8192288
• rs1801270
• rs1800925
• rs2241712
• rs1800469
• rs3024791
• rs3736309
• rs17580
• rs28929474

Smokers who carry risk variants of the rs17580 or rs28929474 SNPs may be especially susceptible to COPD.