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A decade of research on the 17q12-21 asthma locus: Piecing together the puzzle.
The Journal of allergy and clinical immunology - 1 Sept 2018
Stein Michelle M, Thompson Emma E, Schoettler Nathan, Helling Britney A, Magnaye Kevin M, Stanhope Catherine, Igartua Catherine, Morin Andréanne, Washington Charles, Nicolae Dan, Bønnelykke Klaus, Ober Carole
Abstract excerpt
Chromosome 17q12-21 remains the most highly replicated and significant asthma locus. Genotypes in the core region defined by the first genome-wide association study correlate with expression of 2 genes, ORM1-like 3 (ORMDL3) and gasdermin B (GSDMB), making these prime candidate asthma genes, although recent studies have implicated gasdermin A (GSDMA) distal to and post-GPI attachment to proteins 3 (PGAP3) proximal...
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