Particulate Matter, DNA Methylation in Nitric Oxide Synthase, and Childhood Respiratory Disease | Zendy

Carrie V. Breton | Zendy; Muhammad T. Salam | Zendy; Xinhui Wang | Zendy; HyangMin Byun | Zendy; Kimberly D. Siegmund | Zendy; Frank D. Gilliland | Zendy

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Particulate Matter, DNA Methylation in Nitric Oxide Synthase, and Childhood Respiratory Disease

Author(s) -

Carrie V. Breton,

Muhammad T. Salam,

Xinhui Wang,

HyangMin Byun,

Kimberly D. Siegmund,

Frank D. Gilliland

Publication year - 2012

Publication title -

environmental health perspectives

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.257

H-Index - 282

eISSN - 1552-9924

pISSN - 0091-6765

DOI - 10.1289/ehp.1104439

Subject(s) - dna methylation , cpg site , methylation , exhaled nitric oxide , nitric oxide synthase , wheeze , pyrosequencing , epigenetics , nitric oxide , biology , immunology , medicine , asthma , endocrinology , genetics , gene expression , dna , gene , bronchoconstriction

Air pollutants have been associated with childhood asthma and wheeze. Epigenetic regulation of nitric oxide synthase--the gene responsible for nitric oxide production--may be affected by air pollutants and contribute to the pathogenesis of asthma and wheeze.

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