The search for genetic variants and epigenetics related to asthma

Allergy, Asthma and Immunology Research

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 236-244

  Lee, Shin Hwa ^a   Park, Jong Sook ^a   Park, Choon Sik ^a  

^a Soonchunhyang University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Asthma; Epigenetics; Gene; Genome; Linkage; Polymorphism; Variants

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ADAM PROTEIN; ALPHA CATENIN; ARACHIDONATE 5 LIPOXYGENASE; G PROTEIN COUPLED RECEPTOR; LEUKOTRIENE B4 RECEPTOR; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PROSTAGLANDIN D SYNTHASE; PROSTAGLANDIN E SYNTHASE; PROSTAGLANDIN RECEPTOR; TOBACCO SMOKE; TOLUENE DIISOCYANATE;

ASTHMA; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; COPY NUMBER VARIATION; CROHN DISEASE; DENDRITIC CELL; DISEASE EXACERBATION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EOSINOPHIL COUNT; EPIGENETICS; EPITHELIUM CELL; EXERCISE INDUCED ASTHMA; GENE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE MAPPING; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HERITABILITY; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; MACROPHAGE; MOLECULAR CLONING; NEUTROPHIL; OBESITY; OCCUPATIONAL ASTHMA; ORMDL3 GENE; PATHOGENESIS; PHENOTYPE; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; REVIEW; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

EID: 83655193290     PISSN: 20927355     EISSN: 20927363     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4168/aair.2011.3.4.236     Document Type: Review

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