RUNX transcription factors: Association with pediatric asthma and modulated by maternal smoking

American Journal of Physiology - Lung Cellular and Molecular Physiology

Volumn 301, Issue 5, 2011, Pages

  Haley, Kathleen J ^a   Lasky Su, Jessica ^b   Manoli, Sara E ^a   Smith, Lacey A ^a   Shahsafaei, Aliakbar ^c   Weiss, Scott T ^b,d   Tantisira, Kelan ^a,b  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b CHANNING LABORATORY   (United States)

^c BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d LABORATORY FOR MOLECULAR MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Airway hyperresponsiveness; Methacholine provocation

Indexed keywords

METHACHOLINE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR RUNX; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR RUNX1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR RUNX2; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR RUNX3;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHROMOSOME 21; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNE FUNCTION TEST; IMMUNE RESPONSE; LUNG DEVELOPMENT; LUNG PARENCHYMA; MALE; MATERNAL SMOKING; MOUSE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

ANIMALS; ASTHMA; CHILD; CORE BINDING FACTOR ALPHA 2 SUBUNIT; FEMALE; FETUS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC TESTING; HUMANS; MALE; METHACHOLINE CHLORIDE; MICE; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING; TOBACCO SMOKE POLLUTION;

EID: 80055111302     PISSN: 10400605     EISSN: 15221504     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajplung.00348.2010     Document Type: Article

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