Epigenomics and allergic disease

Epigenomics

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 685-699

  Lockett, Gabrielle A ^a   Patil, Veeresh K ^b   Soto Ramírez, Nelís ^c   Ziyab, Ali H ^d,e   Holloway, John W ^a   Karmaus, Wilfried ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b ST MARY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^e KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

allergy; asthma; DNA methylation; environment; epigenetic

Indexed keywords

5 AZA 2' DEOXYCYTIDINE; AZACITIDINE; DNA METHYLTRANSFERASE INHIBITOR; ZEBULARINE;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; AIR POLLUTION; ALLERGIC DISEASE; CELL TYPE; DNA METHYLATION; DRUG MECHANISM; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; EPIGENETICS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; INFANT NUTRITION; NEOPLASM; NONHUMAN; PERINATAL PERIOD; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCUS; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING; STUDY DESIGN; VIRAL RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION;

AGE FACTORS; DNA METHYLATION; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; EPIGENOMICS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY; MALE; PHENOTYPE;

EID: 84889652196     PISSN: 17501911     EISSN: 1750192X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2217/epi.13.68     Document Type: Review

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