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Maternal 17q21 genotype influences prenatal vitamin D effects on offspring asthma/recurrent wheeze.
The European respiratory journal - 1 Sept 2021
Knihtilä Hanna M, Kelly Rachel S, Brustad Nicklas, Huang Mengna, Kachroo Priyadarshini, Chawes Bo L, Stokholm Jakob, Bønnelykke Klaus, Pedersen Casper-Emil T, Bisgaard Hans, Litonjua Augusto A, Lasky-Su Jessica A, Weiss Scott T
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Prenatal vitamin D3 supplementation has been linked to reduced risk of early-life asthma/recurrent wheeze. This protective effect appears to be influenced by variations in the 17q21 functional single nucleotide polymorphism rs12936231 of the child, which regulates the expression of ORMDL3 (ORM1-like 3) and for which the high-risk CC genotype is associated with early-onset asthma. However, this does...
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