Combining genomewide association study and lung eQTL analysis provides evidence for novel genes associated with asthma

Allergy: European Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 71, Issue 12, 2016, Pages 1712-1720

  Nieuwenhuis, M A ^a   Siedlinski, M ^a   van den Berge, M ^a   Granell, R ^b   Li, X ^c   Niens, M ^a   van der Vlies, P ^a   Altmuller J ^d   Nurnberg P ^d   Kerkhof, M ^a   van Schayck, O C ^e   Riemersma, R A ^a   van der Molen, T ^a   de Monchy, J G ^a   Bosse Y ^f   Sandford, A ^g   Bruijnzeel Koomen, C A ^h   Gerth van Wijk, R ⁱ   ten Hacken, N H ^a   Timens, W ^a   Boezen, H M ^a   Henderson, J ^b   Kabesch, M ^j   Vonk, J M ^a   Postma, D S ^a   Koppelman, G H ^a,k   more..

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^c WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^e MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^f LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^g UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^h UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

ⁱ ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^j UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL REGENSBURG   (Germany)

^k UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

more..

Author keywords

asthma; bronchial hyperresponsiveness; gene expression; genetics; genomewide association studies

Indexed keywords

ABI FAMILY MEMBER 3 BINDING PROTEIN; CORTICOSTEROID; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; INTERLEUKIN 33; MESSENGER RNA; MHC CLASS I POLYPEPTIDE RELATED SEQUENCE A; NUCLEAR ASSEMBLY FACTOR 1 RIBONUCLEOPROTEIN; PROTEIN; PROTEIN GSDMB; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHROMOSOME 17Q; CHROMOSOME 3; CONTROLLED STUDY; EOSINOPHIL COUNT; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION STUDY; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCUS; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; ALLELE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHROMOSOMAL MAPPING; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETICS; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; GENOTYPE; HEALTH SURVEY; IMMUNOLOGY; LUNG; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); METABOLISM; NETHERLANDS; PHENOTYPE;

ALLELES; ASTHMA; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; FEMALE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION STUDIES; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; LUNG; MALE; META-ANALYSIS AS TOPIC; NETHERLANDS; PHENOTYPE; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCI;

EID: 84994528769     PISSN: 01054538     EISSN: 13989995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/all.12990     Document Type: Article

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