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NIH Statement on World Asthma Day 2020
Asthma is a chronic lung disease that causes periods of wheezing, chest tightness, shortness of breath, and coughing.
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Epigenome-wide meta-analysis of DNA methylation and childhood asthma
Novel loci differentially methylated in newborns represent potential biomarkers of risk of asthma by school age. Cross-sectional associations in children can reflect both …
The upper-airway microbiota and loss of asthma control among asthmatic children
The airway microbiome has an important role in asthma pathophysiology. However, little is known on the relationships between the airway microbiome of asthmatic children, …
Association of Rhinovirus C Bronchiolitis and Immunoglobulin E Sensitization During Infancy With Development of Recurrent Wheeze
This multicenter cohort study of infants hospitalized for bronchiolitis demonstrated between-virus differences in the risk of developing recurrent wheeze. Infants with rh …
Association study in African-admixed populations across the Americas recapitulates asthma risk loci in non-African populations
Asthma is a complex disease with striking disparities across racial and ethnic groups. Despite its relatively high burden, representation of individuals of African ancest …
Therapeutic suppression of pulmonary neutrophilia and allergic airway hyperresponsiveness by a RORγt inverse agonist
Airway neutrophilia occurs in approximately 50% of patients with asthma and is associated with particularly severe disease. Unfortunately, this form of asthma is usually …
Transethnic associations among immune-mediated diseases and single-nucleotide polymorphisms of the aryl hydrocarbon response gene ARNT and the PTPN22 immune regulatory gene
Some xenobiotic and immune response gene polymorphisms were shown here, for the first time, to have associations across a broad spectrum of IMD and ethnicities. Our findi …
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