Article
Meta-analysis of genome-wide association studies of asthma in ethnically diverse North American populations.
Nature genetics - 31 Jul 2011
Torgerson Dara G, Ampleford Elizabeth J, Chiu Grace Y, Gauderman W James, Gignoux Christopher R, Graves Penelope E, Himes Blanca E, Levin Albert M, Mathias Rasika A, Hancock Dana B, Baurley James W, Eng Celeste, Stern Debra A, Celedón Juan C, Rafaels Nicholas, Capurso Daniel, Conti David V, Roth Lindsey A, Soto-Quiros Manuel, Togias Alkis, Li Xingnan, Myers Rachel A, Romieu Isabelle, Van Den Berg David J, Hu Donglei, Hansel Nadia N, Hernandez Ryan D, Israel Elliott, Salam Muhammad T, Galanter Joshua, Avila Pedro C, Avila Lydiana, Rodriquez-Santana Jose R, Chapela Rocio, Rodriguez-Cintron William, Diette Gregory B, Adkinson N Franklin, Abel Rebekah A, Ross Kevin D, Shi Min, Faruque Mezbah U, Dunston Georgia M, Watson Harold R, Mantese Vito J, Ezurum Serpil C, Liang Liming, Ruczinski Ingo, Ford Jean G, Huntsman Scott, Chung Kian Fan, Vora Hita, Li Xia, Calhoun William J, Castro Mario, Sienra-Monge Juan J, del Rio-Navarro Blanca, Deichmann Klaus A, Heinzmann Andrea, Wenzel Sally E, Busse William W, Gern James E, Lemanske Robert F, Beaty Terri H, Bleecker Eugene R, Raby Benjamin A, Meyers Deborah A, London Stephanie J, Gilliland Frank D, Burchard Esteban G, Martinez Fernando D, Weiss Scott T, Williams L Keoki, Barnes Kathleen C, Ober Carole, Nicolae Dan L
Abstract excerpt
Asthma is a common disease with a complex risk architecture including both genetic and environmental factors. We performed a meta-analysis of North American genome-wide association studies of asthma in 5,416 individuals with asthma (cases) including individuals of European American, African American or African Caribbean, and Latino ancestry, with replication in an additional 12,649 individuals from the same...
Read the complete abstract on PubMed