Epigenetic mechanisms and models in the origins of asthma

Current Opinion in Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 63-69

  Karmaus, Wilfried ^a   Ziyab, Ali H ^a   Everson, Todd ^a   Holloway, John W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

asthma; DNA methylation; epigenetics; methylation quantitative trait loci; modifiable genetic variants

Indexed keywords

ANAMNESIS; ASTHMA; DISEASE COURSE; DNA METHYLATION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EPIGENETICS; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HEREDITY; HUMAN; INFORMATION; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCUS; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ASTHMA; DNA METHYLATION; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; HUMANS; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE TYPE II; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCI; RECEPTORS, IMMUNOLOGIC; RECEPTORS, PROSTAGLANDIN;

EID: 84871941455     PISSN: 15284050     EISSN: 14736322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ACI.0b013e32835ad0e7     Document Type: Review

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