A decade of research on the 17q12-21 asthma locus: Piecing together the puzzle

Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 142, Issue 3, 2018, Pages 749-764.e3

  Stein, Michelle M ^a   Thompson, Emma E ^a   Schoettler, Nathan ^a   Helling, Britney A ^a   Magnaye, Kevin M ^a   Stanhope, Catherine ^a   Igartua, Catherine ^a   Morin, Andréanne ^a   Washington, Charles ^a   Nicolae, Dan ^a   Bønnelykke, Klaus ^b   Ober, Carole ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

gene expression; genome wide association study; GSDMA; GSDMB; immune cells; lung cells; ORMDL3; PGAP3; Wheezing

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ALLELE; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHROMATIN; CHROMOSOME; CHROMOSOME 17Q12 21; DNA METHYLATION; EXPRESSION QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCUS; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION LEVEL; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC RISK; HUMAN; IMMUNOCOMPETENT CELL; LUNG ALVEOLUS CELL; ONSET AGE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; CHROMOSOME 17; ETHNOLOGY; GENETICS; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCUS;

ASTHMA; CHROMATIN; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 17; DNA METHYLATION; HUMANS; PHENOTYPE; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCI;

EID: 85041238661     PISSN: 00916749     EISSN: 10976825     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaci.2017.12.974     Document Type: Article

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