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Genome-wide association studies of asthma indicate opposite immunopathogenesis direction from autoimmune diseases.
The Journal of allergy and clinical immunology - 1 Oct 2012
Li Xingnan, Ampleford Elizabeth J, Howard Timothy D, Moore Wendy C, Torgerson Dara G, Li Huashi, Busse William W, Castro Mario, Erzurum Serpil C, Israel Elliot, Nicolae Dan L, Ober Carole, Wenzel Sally E, Hawkins Gregory A, Bleecker Eugene R, Meyers Deborah A
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Genome-wide association studies (GWASs) of asthma have consistently implicated the ORM1-like 3 and gasdermin B (ORMDL3-GSDMB), IL33, IL-1 receptor-like 1 and IL-18 receptor 1 (IL1RL1-IL18R1), RAD50-IL13, thymic stromal lymphopoietin and WD repeat domain 36 region (TSLP-WDR36), and HLA-DR/DQ regions. OBJECTIVE: A GWAS of asthma was performed in a non-Hispanic white population. METHODS: A GWAS was...
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