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Local genotype influences DNA methylation at two asthma-associated regions, 5q31 and 17q21, in a founder effect population.
Journal of medical genetics - 1 Apr 2016
Al Tuwaijri Abeer, Gagné-Ouellet Valérie, Madore Anne-Marie, Laprise Catherine, Naumova Anna K
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Two asthma-associated regions 17q12-q21 and 5q31.1 harbour genes that show strong effect of genotype on expression levels. DNA methylation has an important role in gene regulation; therefore, we examined DNA methylation at promoters of 12 genes from 5q31 and 17q12-q21 regions. Our goal was to determine whether DNA methylation was associated with predisposition to asthma and whether such a relationship...
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