最近,芬兰科学家在一项历经十余年、跨两大洲的研究工作中发现了两个新的哮喘致病基因。虽然其在哮喘发病机制中的确切作用还有待阐明,但该项研究结果揭示了促使哮喘病发作的某些驱动因素,这将有助于研发治疗哮喘疾病的靶向药物。二十世纪90年代中期,芬兰赫尔辛基大学分子遗传学家 Juha Kere 教授及其同事分别对900份健康 Recently, Finnish scientists discovered two new genes responsible for asthma in a study that spanned more than a decade and across two continents. Although its exact role in the pathogenesis of asthma remains to be seen, the findings reveal some of the drivers of asthma attacks that will help develop targeted drugs for the treatment of asthma disorders. In the mid-1990s, Prof. Juha Kere, a molecular geneticist at the University of Helsinki, Finland, and his colleagues evaluated 900 health