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Time-dependent gene-environment interactions are essential drivers of asthma initiation and persistence.
Pediatric pulmonology - 1 May 2024
Chatziparasidis Grigorios, Chatziparasidi Maria R, Kantar Ahmad, Bush Andrew
Abstract excerpt
Asthma is a clinical syndrome caused by heterogeneous underlying mechanisms with some of them having a strong genetic component. It is known that up to 82% of atopic asthma has a genetic background with the rest being influenced by environmental factors that cause epigenetic modification(s) of gene expression. The interaction between the gene(s) and the environment has long been regarded as the most likely...
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