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Psychosocial experiences modulate asthma-associated genes through gene-environment interactions.
eLife - 18 Jun 2021
Resztak Justyna A, Farrell Allison K, Mair-Meijers Henriette, Alazizi Adnan, Wen Xiaoquan, Wildman Derek E, Zilioli Samuele, Slatcher Richard B, Pique-Regi Roger, Luca Francesca
Abstract excerpt
Social interactions and the overall psychosocial environment have a demonstrated impact on health, particularly for people living in disadvantaged urban areas. Here, we investigated the effect of psychosocial experiences on gene expression in peripheral blood immune cells of children with asthma in Metro Detroit. Using RNA-sequencing and a new machine learning approach, we identified transcriptional signatures of...
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