Asthma [Elektronisk resurs] : an epidemic caused by epigenetics? / David A. Schwartz.

• Contents: Genetic and biological determinants of diseases influenced by the environment -- Epigenetics -- Epigenetic mechanisms can be influenced by environmental exposures and aging -- Histone modifications and innate immunity -- Asthma is a major public health problem -- Epigenetics and airway immunology -- DNA methylation changes and asthma -- Runx3 and airway disease -- In utero folate supplementation and asthma -- Sib pair asthma study -- preliminary analysis -- Global methylation patterns: asthmatics vs. nonasthmatics -- Hypomethylation of GATA3 or MUC5B is associated with asthma in concordant sib pairs -- Hypermethylation of NOS2 is associated with concordant asthma -- Asthma: an epidemic caused by epigenetics?. 

Ämnesord

Asthma  -- Environmental aspects. (LCSH)

Asthma  -- Genetic aspects. (LCSH)

Asthma  -- etiology. (MeSH)

Asthma  -- genetics. (MeSH)

Environment.  (MeSH)

Epigenetics.  (MeSH)