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Ten-eleven translocation 1 (TET1) methylation is associated with childhood asthma and traffic-related air pollution.
The Journal of allergy and clinical immunology - 1 Mar 2016
Somineni Hari K, Zhang Xue, Biagini Myers Jocelyn M, Kovacic Melinda Butsch, Ulm Ashley, Jurcak Noelle, Ryan Patrick H, Khurana Hershey Gurjit K, Ji Hong
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Asthma is a complex disorder influenced by genetics and the environment. Recent findings have linked abnormal DNA methylation in T cells with asthma; however, the potential dysregulation of methylation in airway epithelial cells is unknown. Studies of mouse models of asthma have observed greater levels of 5-hydroxymethylcytosine (5-hmC) and ten-eleven translocation 1 (TET1) expression in lungs. TET...
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