The interplay of DNA methylation over time with Th2 pathway genetic variants on asthma risk and temporal asthma transition

Clinical Epigenetics

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Zhang, Hongmei ^a   Tong, Xin ^b   Holloway, John W ^c   Rezwan, Faisal I ^c   Lockett, Gabrielle A ^c   Patil, Veeresh ^d   Ray, Meredith ^b   Everson, Todd M ^b   Soto Ramírez, Nelís ^a   Arshad, S Hasan ^c,d   Ewart, Susan ^e   Karmaus, Wilfried ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^d ST MARY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^e MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Asthma risk; Asthma transition; DNA methylation and SNP interaction; Th2 pathway

Indexed keywords

DNA; INTERLEUKIN 13; INTERLEUKIN 4; INTERLEUKIN 4 RECEPTOR; STAT6 PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR GATA 3;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BOOTSTRAPPING; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CPG ISLAND; DNA METHYLATION; FEMALE; GATA3 GENE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; IL13 GENE; IL4 GENE; IL4R GENE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCHOOL CHILD; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; STAT6 GENE; TH2 CELL;

EID: 84901367061     PISSN: 18687075     EISSN: 18687083     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1868-7083-6-8     Document Type: Article

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