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Burden of rare coding variants reveals genetic heterogeneity between obese and non-obese asthma patients in the African American population.
Respiratory research - 6 May 2022
Liu Yichuan, Qu Hui-Qi, Qu Jingchun, Chang Xiao, Mentch Frank D, Nguyen Kenny, Tian Lifeng, Glessner Joseph, Sleiman Patrick M A, Hakonarson Hakon
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BACKGROUND: Asthma is a complex condition largely attributed to the interactions among genes and environments as a heterogeneous phenotype. Obesity is significantly associated with asthma development, and genetic studies on obese vs. non-obese asthma are warranted. METHODS: To investigate asthma in the minority African American (AA) population with or without obesity, we performed a whole genome sequencing (WGS)...
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