摘要:
The present invention relates to methods for determining and predicting the efficacy of therapeutics for the treatment of an individual with asthma based on that individual's β2-adrenergic receptor. The invention finds particular applicability to the treatment of an individual with asthma with an inhaled corticosteroid or a leukotriene receptor antagonist who is homozygous for arginine at position 16 of the β2-adrenergic receptor.