Open AccessGenetic and genomic approaches to asthma
Author(s) -
Youming Zhang,
Miriam F. Moffatt,
William Cookson
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
current opinion in pulmonary medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.937
H-Index - 75
eISSN - 1531-6971
pISSN - 1070-5287
DOI - 10.1097/mcp.0b013e32834dc532
Subject(s) - genome wide association study , asthma , genetic association , positional cloning , medicine , atopy , gene , disease , candidate gene , genetics , bioinformatics , computational biology , phenotype , biology , immunology , single nucleotide polymorphism , genotype , pathology
The aim is to update current understanding of the genes identified by the recent genome-wide association studies (GWASs) of asthma and its associated traits. The review also discusses how to dissect the functional roles of novel genes in future research.
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