The genetic and epigenetic landscapes of the epithelium in asthma

Respiratory Research

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Moheimani, Fatemeh ^a,b   Hsu, Alan C Y ^a,b   Reid, Andrew T ^a,b   Williams, Teresa ^a,b,c   Kicic, Anthony ^d,e,f,g   Stick, Stephen M ^d,e,f,g   Hansbro, Philip M ^a,b   Wark, Peter A B ^b,h   Knight, Darryl A ^a,b,i  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^e PRINCESS MARGARET HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN   (Australia)

^f UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^g UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^h JOHN HUNTER HOSPITAL   (Australia)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Asthma; DNA methylation; Epithelial cells; Genes; Histone acetylation; MicroRNA

Indexed keywords

ADAM PROTEIN; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CORTICOSTEROID; CYSTATIN; DNA; HISTONE; INTERLEUKIN 1 RECEPTOR ASSOCIATED KINASE 3; INTERLEUKIN 33; MICRORNA; MICRORNA 19A; TEZEPELUMAB; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNTRANSLATED RNA;

ADAM33 GENE; AIRWAY EPITHELIAL CELL; ASTHMA; CDHR3 GENE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CST1 GENE; DNA METHYLATION; DNA MODIFICATION; DRUG TARGETING; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EPIGENETICS; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE TARGETING; GENE TECHNOLOGY; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; GSDMB GENE; HISTONE MODIFICATION; HUMAN; IL 33 GENE; IRAKM GENE; NONHUMAN; ORMDL3 GENE; PATHOGENESIS; PCDH1 GENE; PREDICTION; RESPIRATORY EPITHELIUM; REVIEW; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

EID: 84995578524     PISSN: 14659921     EISSN: 1465993X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12931-016-0434-4     Document Type: Review

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