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Recent advances in the epigenetics and genomics of asthma
1 Oct 2011
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PURPOSE OF REVIEW: Epigenetics is the study of heritable changes in gene expression that occur without direct changes in the DNA sequence. Epigenetic mechanisms may explain important observations in asthma, such as the effect of the environment during certain periods in life, transgenerational, and maternal effects and account for some of the missing heritability in asthma. Here, we review recent evidence for the...
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