The environment, epigenome, and asthma

Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 140, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 14-23

  Yang, Ivana V ^a,b,c   Lozupone, Catherine A ^a   Schwartz, David A ^a,b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b DEPARTMENT OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Food Science and Human Nutrition   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

air pollution; allergens; Asthma; DNA methylation; epigenetics; microbiome; nasal epithelium

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN;

AIR POLLUTION; ASTHMA; BIOSENSOR; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECOLOGICAL GENETICS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EPIGENETICS; HUMAN; MICROBIOME; NONHUMAN; NOSE EPITHELIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SENSITIZATION; ANIMAL; GENETICS; MICROFLORA;

AIR POLLUTION; ALLERGENS; ANIMALS; ASTHMA; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EPIGENOMICS; HUMANS; MICROBIOTA;

EID: 85028641044     PISSN: 00916749     EISSN: 10976825     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaci.2017.05.011     Document Type: Review

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