Asthma is a chronic inflammatory airway disease characterized by respiratory symptoms,
variable airflow obstruction, bronchial hyperresponsiveness, and airway inflammation …

Despite attempts and some successes to improve air quality over the decades, current US
national trends suggest that exposure to outdoor and indoor air pollution remains a …

Abstract Purpose of Review Increases in ambient levels of air pollutants have been linked to
lung inflammation and remodeling, processes that lead to the development and …

A common explanation for the origins and rising prevalence of asthma is that they involve
complex interactions between hereditary predispositions and environmental exposures that …

The occurrence of asthma and allergic diseases has continued to increase in the United
States and worldwide, despite general improvements in air quality over the past 40 years …

Highlights•Pollution-driven DNA methylation may mediate gene-environment
interactions.•Studies of gene-air pollution interaction in asthma are still limited by low …

Asthma is a heterogeneous disease that results from the complex interaction between
genetic factors and environmental exposures that occur at critical periods throughout life. It …

Asthma is the most common chronic respiratory disease and a major public health problem.
Although the causal relationship between air pollution and asthma remains controversial, a …

Genetic and environmental factors interact to cause asthma. However, genetic studies have
generally ignored environmental factors and environmental studies have generally ignored …

Exposure to outdoor air pollution has been consistently associated with asthma. In this
study, we reviewed the epidemiological studies published within the last 5 years on the …