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Background
Asthma is a complex lung disease resulting from the interplay of genetic and environmental factors. To understand the molecular changes that occur during the development of allergic asthma without genetic and environmental confounders, an experimental model of allergic asthma in mice was used. Our goals were to (1) identify changes at the small molecule level due to allergen exposure,...
BackgroundGenomewide association studies identified ORMDL3 as a plausible asthma candidate gene. ORMDL proteins regulate sphingolipid metabolism and ceramide homeostasis and participate in lymphocyte activation and eosinophil recruitment. Strong sequence homology between the three ORMDL genes and ORMDL protein conservation among different species suggest that they may have shared functions. We hypothesized...
BackgroundGenome‐wide association studies (GWAS) repeatedly identified 1q23 (FCER1A), 5q31 (RAD50‐IL13 and IL4), and 12q13 (STAT6) as major susceptibility loci influencing the regulation of total serum IgE levels. As GWAS may be insufficient to capture causal variants, we performed fine‐mapping and re‐genotyping of the three loci using 1000 Genomes Project datasets.
MethodsLinkage disequilibrium...
BackgroundThe transcription factor STAT6 is crucial for activation of the interleukin (IL)‐4/IL‐13 pathway and has been linked to regulatory T cells (Tregs). Associations of STAT6 polymorphisms with IgE levels were described; however, their impact on neonatal immune responses and early disease development is unknown.
MethodsSTAT6 polymorphisms were genotyped in cord blood mononuclear cells by matrix‐assisted...
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