Objective To summarize studies investigating ethnical and racial differences in atopic
dermatitis (AD) epidemiology, clinical features, and skin and blood phenotypes. Data …

Allergic diseases are distributed worldwide and their risk factors and triggers vary according
to geographical and socioeconomic conditions. Allergies are frequent in the Tropics but …

Abstract Background African Americans (AA) are disproportionately impacted by atopic
dermatitis (AD), with increased prevalence and therapeutic challenges unique to this …

Background Although poor-urban (inner-city) areas are thought to have high asthma
prevalence and morbidity, we recently found that inner cities do not have higher prevalent …

Background Given the strong environmental influence on both epigenetic marks and allergic
asthma in children, the epigenetic alterations in respiratory epithelia might provide insight …

Rationale: Although asthma is recognized as a heterogeneous disease associated with
clinical phenotypes, the molecular basis of these phenotypes remains poorly understood …

Background Asthma is the most common chronic condition in children and the third leading
cause of hospitalization in pediatrics. The genome-wide association study catalog reports …

Background Childhood asthma prevalence and morbidity varies among Latinos in the
United States, with Puerto Ricans having the highest and Mexicans the lowest. Objective To …

Background Despite bearing a disproportionate burden of poorly controlled asthma, publicly
insured individuals are less likely to receive biologics. Objective To assess biologic use by …

While admixed populations offer a unique opportunity to detect selection, the admixture in
most of the studied populations occurred too recently to produce conclusive signals. By …