Epigenetics in asthma and allergy

Current Opinion in Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 62-68

  Kabesch, Michael ^a,b  

^a HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL REGENSBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

allergy; asthma; epigenetics; methylation

Indexed keywords

TOBACCO SMOKE; HISTONE; MICRORNA;

AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ALLERGY; ASTHMA; ASTHMATIC STATE; B LYMPHOCYTE DIFFERENTIATION; DNA METHYLATION; ENVIRONMENTAL DISEASE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EPIGENETICS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; MATERNAL SMOKING; NONHUMAN; PILOT STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TREATMENT INDICATION; GENETIC EPIGENESIS; GENETICS; HYPERSENSITIVITY; IMMUNOLOGY; SMOKING;

ASTHMA; DNA METHYLATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; HISTONES; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY; MICRORNAS; SMOKING;

EID: 84892370190     PISSN: 15284050     EISSN: 14736322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ACI.0000000000000025     Document Type: Review

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