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Epigenomic targets for the treatment of respiratory disease
2 May 2009
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BACKGROUND: A number of processes lead to epigenetic and epigenomic modifications. OBJECTIVE: To address the importance of epigenomics in respiratory disease. METHODS: Studies of epigenomics were analysed in relation to chronic respiratory diseases. RESULTS/CONCLUSION: In lung cancer and mesothelioma, a number of genes involved in carcinogenesis have been demonstrated to be hypermethylated, implicating epigenomic...
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