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A polymorphism in the TH 2 locus control region is associated with changes in DNA methylation and gene expression.
Allergy - 1 Sept 2014
Schieck M, Sharma V, Michel S, Toncheva A A, Worth L, Potaczek D P, Genuneit J, Kretschmer A, Depner M, Dalphin J-C, Riedler J, Frei R, Pekkanen J, Tost J, Kabesch M
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Genomewide association and epigenetic studies found a region within the RAD50 gene on chromosome 5q31 to be associated with total serum IgE levels and asthma. In mice, this region harbors a locus control region for nearby TH 2 cytokines, which is characterized by four Rad50 DNase I hypersensitive sites (RHS4-7). Among these, RHS7 seems to have the strongest impact on TH 2 differentiation. We...
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