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ReviewEpigenomics2015

Epigenome-modifying tools in asthma.

Peter O Brook, Mark M Perry, Ian M Adcock, Andrew L Durham

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In one paragraph

Review in Epigenomics, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 31 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
31citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
2.0field-weighted citation impact, top 14% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

31 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 65 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Pooled it
  2. DNA methylation is associated with inhaled corticosteroid response in persistent childhood asthmatics.Clinical and experimental allergy : journal of the British Society for Allergy and Clinical Immunology · 2019
    Trial
  3. Risk Factors and Mechanisms Leading to Preschool Recurrent Wheeze and Asthma.The journal of allergy and clinical immunology. In practice · 2025
    Review
  4. Review
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  7. Early Prediction of Asthma.Journal of clinical medicine · 2023
    Review
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  10. Epigenetic Mechanisms in Allergy Development and Prevention.Handbook of experimental pharmacology · 2022
    Article
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  12. Article
  13. Review
  14. Genetics and Epigenetics in Asthma.International journal of molecular sciences · 2021
    Review
  15. Review
  16. MicroRNA Targets for Asthma Therapy.Advances in experimental medicine and biology · 2021
    Article
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Peter O BrookImperial College London, National Heart & Lung Institute, Dovehouse Street, London, SW3 6LY, UK.
Mark M PerryImperial College London, National Heart & Lung Institute, Dovehouse Street, London, SW3 6LY, UK.
Ian M AdcockImperial College London, National Heart & Lung Institute, Dovehouse Street, London, SW3 6LY, UK.
Andrew L DurhamImperial College London, National Heart & Lung Institute, Dovehouse Street, London, SW3 6LY, UK.
Imperial College London · GB

Funding

British Heart Foundation PG/14/27/30679Medical Research Council G1000758Medical Research Council G1001367Medical Research Council G1001367/1The Dunhill Medical Trust R368/0714Wellcome Trust 093080Wellcome Trust 093080/Z/10/Z
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Asthma is a chronic disease which causes recurrent breathlessness affecting 300 million people worldwide of whom 250,000 die annually. The epigenome is a set of heritable modifications and tags that affect the genome without changing the intrinsic DNA sequence. These marks include DNA methylation, modifications to histone proteins around which DNA is wrapped and expression of noncoding RNA. Alterations in all of these processes have been reported in patients with asthma. In some cases these differences are linked to disease severity and susceptibility and may account for the limited value of genetic studies in asthma. Animal models of asthma suggest that epigenetic modifications and processes are linked to asthma and may be tractable targets for therapeutic intervention.

Indexed as

Epigenesis, GeneticEpigenomicsAcetylationAnimalsAsthmaDNA MethylationGene Expression RegulationHistone Deacetylase InhibitorsHistonesHumansMethylationMicroRNAsMolecular Targeted TherapyHistone Deacetylase InhibitorsHistonesMicroRNAsasthmaDNA methylationepigeneticshistone modificationmiRNAT celltherapeutics

Identifiers

PMID26479310
PMCPMC4864050
OpenAlexW2098664489

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