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ReviewCurrent opinion in allergy and clinical immunology2013

Epigenetic mechanisms and models in the origins of asthma.

Wilfried Karmaus, Ali H Ziyab, Todd Everson, John W Holloway

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Review in Current opinion in allergy and clinical immunology, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 27 papers.

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27citing papers in PubMed
2.8field-weighted citation impact, top 9% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

27 citing papers in PubMed, 43 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Wilfried KarmausDepartment of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina 29208, USA. karmaus@sc.edu
Ali H Ziyab
Todd Everson
John W Holloway
University of South Carolina · USUniversity of Southampton · GB

Funding

Transgenerational epigenetic inheritance of allergy in a multigenerational cohortR01AI091905 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA AT COLUMBIA · PI KARMAUS, WILFRIED JJ · 2011 to 2015
$2.7M
NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI091905NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI091905-01
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purpose of reviewEpigenetic mechanisms have the ability to alter the phenotype without changing the genetic code. The science of epigenetics has grown considerably in recent years, and future epigenetically based treatments or prevention strategies are likely. Epigenetic associations with asthma have received growing interest because genetic and environmental factors have been unable to independently explain the cause of asthma. RECENT

findingsRecent findings suggest that both the environment and underlying genetic sequence variation influence DNA methylation, which in turn seems to modify the risk conferred by genetic variants for various asthma phenotypes. In particular, DNA methylation may act as an archive of a variety of early developmental exposures, which then can modify the risk related to genetic variants. SUMMARY: Current asthma treatments may control the symptoms of asthma but do not modify its natural history. Epigenetic mechanisms and novel explanatory models provide burgeoning approaches to significantly increase our understanding of the initiation and progression of asthma. Due to the inheritance of epigenetics, we anticipate a rapid emergence of critical information that will provide novel treatment strategies for asthma in the current generation and ultimately the prevention of asthma in future generations.

Indexed as

Epigenesis, GeneticAsthmaDNA MethylationHumansNitric Oxide Synthase Type IIQuantitative Trait LociReceptors, ImmunologicReceptors, ProstaglandinNitric Oxide Synthase Type IINOS2 protein, humanprostaglandin D2 receptorReceptors, ImmunologicReceptors, Prostaglandin

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PMID23242116
PMCPMC3952069
OpenAlexW2094259619

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