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Passive Smoking Impairs Histone Deacetylase-2 in Children With Severe Asthma
12 Sept 2013
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Parental smoking is known to worsen asthma symptoms in children and to make them refractory to asthma treatment, but the molecular mechanism is unclear. Oxidative stress from tobacco smoke has been reported to impair histone deacetylase-2 (HDAC2) via phosphoinositide-3-kinase (PI3K)/Akt activation and, thus, to reduce corticosteroid sensitivity. The aim of this study was to investigate passive...
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