The MUC5B promoter polymorphism is associated with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis in a Mexican cohort but is rare among Asian ancestries.
Peljto AL, Selman M, Kim DS, Murphy E, Tucker L, Pardo A, Lee JS, Ji W, Schwarz MI, Yang IV, Schwartz DA, Fingerlin TE. The MUC5B promoter polymorphism is associated with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis in a Mexican cohort but is rare among Asian ancestries. Chest. 2015 Feb; 147(2):460-464.