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Investigating asthma heterogeneity through shared and distinct genetics: Insights from genome-wide cross-trait analysis.
The Journal of allergy and clinical immunology - 1 Mar 2021
Zhu Zhaozhong, Hasegawa Kohei, Camargo Carlos A, Liang Liming
Abstract excerpt
Asthma is a heterogeneous respiratory disease reflecting distinct pathobiologic mechanisms. These mechanisms are based, at least partly, on different genetic factors shared by many other conditions, such as allergic diseases and obesity. Investigating the shared genetic effects enables better understanding of the mechanisms of phenotypic correlations and is less subject to confounding by environmental factors....
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