Effects of phthalate exposure on asthma may be mediated through alterations in DNA methylation

Clinical Epigenetics

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Wang, I Jen ^a,b,c   Karmaus, Wilfried J J ^d   Chen, Su Lien ^e   Holloway, John W ^f   Ewart, Susan ^g  

^a Taipei Hospital   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS   (United States)

^e Genomics BioSci and Tech   (Taiwan)

^f UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^g MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Asthma; DEHP exposure; DNA methylation; Quantitative PCR; TNF

Indexed keywords

ADENINE; ANGIOTENSIN RECEPTOR; DNA; GUANINE; INTERLEUKIN 4; PHTHALIC ACID; PHTHALIC ACID 2 ETHYLHEXYL MONOESTER; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CPG ISLAND; DNA METHYLATION; EPIGENETICS; EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; GENE REPLICATION; GENETIC SCREENING; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; TOXICOGENETICS; URINALYSIS; VALIDATION STUDY;

EID: 84983071911     PISSN: 18687075     EISSN: 18687083     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s13148-015-0060-x     Document Type: Article

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