A pathway-based association study reveals variants from Wnt signalling genes contributing to asthma susceptibility

Clinical and Experimental Allergy

Volumn 47, Issue 5, 2017, Pages 618-626

  Barreto Luis, A ^a   Corrales, A ^a,b   Acosta Herrera, M ^a   Gonzalez Colino, C ^a   Cumplido, J ^c   Martinez Tadeo, J ^a   Carracedo, A ^d   Villar, J ^b,c   Carrillo, T ^c   Pino Yanes, M ^a,b   Flores, C ^a,b  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO NUESTRA SEÑORA DE CANDELARIA   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO DE SALUD CARLOS III   (Spain)

^c HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO DE GRAN CANARIA DR NEGRÍN   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

Author keywords

airway remodelling; predisposition; tissue repair; Wnt catenin signalling

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; CYTOKINE RECEPTOR; FRIZZLED CLASS RECEPTOR 6; FRIZZLED PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WNT PROTEIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA AND FUNCTIONS CONCERNING THE ENTIRE ORGANISM; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENE LOCUS; GENE MAPPING; GENE REPLICATION; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; HUMAN; LUNG PARENCHYMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCUS; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; WNT SIGNALING PATHWAY; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETICS; MIDDLE AGED; WNT SIGNALING;

ADULT; ASTHMA; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; WNT SIGNALING PATHWAY;

EID: 85012930555     PISSN: 09547894     EISSN: 13652222     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/cea.12883     Document Type: Article

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