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Environment Changes Genetic Effects on Respiratory Conditions and Allergic Phenotypes.
Scientific reports - 24 Jul 2017
Song Yong, Schwager Michelle J, Backer Vibeke, Guo Jing, Porsbjerg Celeste, Khoo Siew-Kim, Laing Ingrid A, Moses Eric K, LeSouëf Peter, Zhang Guicheng Brad
Abstract excerpt
The prevalence of asthma and allergic diseases is disproportionately distributed among different populations, with an increasing trend observed in Western countries. Here we investigated how the environment affected genotype-phenotype association in a genetically homogeneous, but geographically separated population. We evaluated 18 single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) corresponding to 8 genes (ADAM33, ALOX5,...
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