This review explores the limitations of self-reported race, ethnicity, and genetic ancestry in
biomedical research. Various terminologies are used to classify human differences in …

Asthma is a common complex disease of the airways. Genome-wide association studies
(GWASs) of asthma have identified many risk alleles and loci that have been replicated in …

Rationale and Objective Autophagy is a cellular process directed at eliminating or recycling
cellular proteins. Recently, the autophagy pathway has been implicated in immune …

Importance Asthma is the leading chronic illness in US children, but most descriptive
epidemiological data are focused on prevalence. Objective To evaluate childhood asthma …

Eosinophilic esophagitis (EoE) is a chronic allergic disease associated with marked
mucosal eosinophil accumulation. Multiple studies have reported a strong familial …

To cite this article: Liu X, Wang G, Hong X, Wang D, Tsai H‐J, Zhang S, Arguelles L, Kumar
R, Wang H, Liu R, Zhou Y, Pearson C, Ortiz K, Schleimer R, Holt P, Pongracic J, Price HE …

Background Eosinophilic esophagitis (EoE) is an esophageal inflammatory disease
associated with atopic diseases. Thymic stromal lymphopoietin (TSLP) and calpain 14 …

Atopic dermatitis (AD), food allergy, allergic rhinitis, and asthma are common atopic
disorders of complex etiology. The frequently observed atopic march from early AD to …

Summary Background Vitamin D (25 [OH] D3) status in early life has been linked to the risk
of allergic disease in multiple observational studies. While immunomodulating properties …

Skeletal muscle toxicity is the primary adverse effect of statins. In this review, we summarize
current knowledge regarding the genetic and nongenetic determinants of risk for statin …