Author : Garden Grove Garden Grove Press
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ISBN 13 : 9781545180945
Total Pages : 188 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (89 download)
Book Synopsis Medical Genetics of Asthma by : Garden Grove Garden Grove Press
Download or read book Medical Genetics of Asthma written by Garden Grove Garden Grove Press and published by . This book was released on 2017-04-05 with total page 188 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This article collection reviews the medical genetics of asthma and includes 22 papers by various authors. Topics include: Evaluation of genetic susceptibility to childhood allergy and asthma in an African American urban population; Association of ADAM33 gene polymorphisms with adult allergic asthma and rhinitis in a Chinese Han population; Respiratory symptoms among infants at risk for asthma: association with surfactant protein A haplotypes; A functional polymorphism in the SPINK5 gene is associated with asthma in a Chinese Han Population; Association of genetic variants in chromosome 17q21 and adult-onset asthma in a Chinese Han population; Analyses of associations between three positionally cloned asthma candidate genes and asthma or asthma-related phenotypes in a Chinese population; A pooling-based genome-wide analysis identifies new potential candidate genes for atopy in the European Community Respiratory Health Survey (ECRHS); Mechanistic role of a disease-associated genetic variant within the ADAM33 asthma susceptibility gene; Association study between vitamin D receptor gene polymorphisms and asthma in the chinese han population: a case-control study; Evaluation of the toll-like receptor 6 Ser249Pro polymorphism in patients with asthma, atopic dermatitis and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; Genome Wide Association Study to predict severe asthma exacerbations in children using random forests classifiers; Asthma: Gln27Glu and Arg16Gly polymorphisms of the beta2-adrenergic receptor gene as risk factors; Effects of endotoxin exposure on childhood asthma risk are modified by a genetic polymorphism in ACAA1; Comprehensive genetic assessment of a functional TLR9 promoter polymorphism: no replicable association with asthma or asthma-related phenotypes; Leukotriene B4 receptor locus gene characterisation and association studies in asthma; Vitamin D binding protein variants associate with asthma susceptibility in the Chinese han population; Investigating highly replicated asthma genes as candidate genes for allergic rhinitis; Association of CD14 -260 (-159) C>T and asthma: a systematic review and meta-analysis; The effect of CD14 and TLR4 gene polimorphisms on asthma phenotypes in adult Turkish asthma patients: a genetic study; Genome-wide association study identifies PERLD1 as asthma candidate gene; Large scale genotyping study for asthma in the Japanese population; ITGB5 and AGFG1 variants are associated with severity of airway responsiveness. Proceeds from the sale of this book go to the support of an elderly disabled person.