Genetic Architectures of Childhood- and Adult-Onset Asthma Are Partly Distinct

American Journal of Human Genetics

Volumn 104, Issue 4, 2019, Pages 665-684

  Ferreira, Manuel A R ^a   Mathur, Riddhima ^a   Vonk, Judith M ^b   Szwajda, Agnieszka ^c   Brumpton, Ben ^d,e,f   Granell, Raquel ^d   Brew, Bronwyn K ^c   Ullemar, Vilhelmina ^c   Lu, Yi ^c   Jiang, Yunxuan ^g   Magnusson, Patrik K E ^c   Karlsson, Robert ^c   Hinds, David A ^g   Paternoster, Lavinia ^d   Koppelman, Gerard H ^b,h   Almqvist, Catarina ^c,i  

^a QIMR BERGHOFER MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^c KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^e NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^f TRONDHEIM UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^g Mountain View ^*  (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

ⁱ KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

age; allergy; asthma; genetic; genome; GWAS; heritability; onset; overlap; risk

Indexed keywords

ADENINE; CYTOSINE; GUANINE; THYMINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALLELE; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPRESSION QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCUS; FEMALE; GENE; GENETIC ARCHITECTURE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC RISK; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; HERITABILITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; ONSET AGE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SMOKING; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 85063686271     PISSN: 00029297     EISSN: 15376605     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajhg.2019.02.022     Document Type: Article

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