Article
Functional variant in the autophagy-related 5 gene promotor is associated with childhood asthma.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2012
Martin Lisa J, Gupta Jayanta, Jyothula Soma S S K, Butsch Kovacic Melinda, Biagini Myers Jocelyn M, Patterson Tia L, Ericksen Mark B, He Hua, Gibson Aaron M, Baye Tesfaye M, Amirisetty Sushil, Tsoras Anna M, Sha Youbao, Eissa N Tony, Hershey Gurjit K Khurana
Abstract excerpt
RATIONALE AND OBJECTIVE: Autophagy is a cellular process directed at eliminating or recycling cellular proteins. Recently, the autophagy pathway has been implicated in immune dysfunction, the pathogenesis of inflammatory disorders, and response to viral infection. Associations between two genes in the autophagy pathway, ATG5 and ATG7, with childhood asthma were investigated. METHODS: Using genetic and...
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