Data-driven asthma endotypes defined from blood biomarker and gene expression data

PLoS ONE

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2015, Pages

  George, Barbara Jane ^a   Reif, David M ^b,d   Gallagher, Jane E ^a   Williams DeVane, ClarLynda R ^a,e   Heidenfelder, Brooke L ^a,f   Hudgens, Edward E ^a   Jones, Wendell ^c   Neas, Lucas ^a   Cohen Hubal, Elaine A ^b   Edwards, Stephen W ^a  

^a U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^b U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^c IQVIA   (United States)

^d NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e NORTH CAROLINA CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; ANTIASTHMATIC AGENT; TRANSCRIPTOME;

ADAPTIVE IMMUNITY; ADOLESCENT; ALLERGIC ASTHMA; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; ENDOTYPE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EOSINOPHILIA; FEMALE; GENE CLUSTER; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC RISK; HEREDITY; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; INNATE IMMUNITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; BLOOD; CLASSIFICATION; COMPLICATION; DECISION TREE; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; PROCEDURES;

ADAPTIVE IMMUNITY; ANTI-ASTHMATIC AGENTS; ASTHMA; BIOMARKERS; DECISION TREES; EOSINOPHILIA; HUMANS; IMMUNITY, INNATE; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; TRANSCRIPTOME;

EID: 84922569392     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0117445     Document Type: Article

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