Asthma phenotypes: the evolution from clinical to molecular approaches

SE Wenzel - Nature medicine, 2012 - nature.com
Although asthma has been considered as a single disease for years, recent studies have
increasingly focused on its heterogeneity. The characterization of this heterogeneity has …

The genetics of asthma and allergic disease: a 21st century perspective

C Ober, TC Yao - Immunological reviews, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
Asthma and allergy are common conditions with complex etiologies involving both genetic
and environmental contributions. Recent genome‐wide association studies (GWAS) and …

Maturation of the gut microbiome and risk of asthma in childhood

J Stokholm, MJ Blaser, J Thorsen… - Nature …, 2018 - nature.com
The composition of the human gut microbiome matures within the first years of life. It has
been hypothesized that microbial compositions in this period can cause immune …

Delivery mode and gut microbial changes correlate with an increased risk of childhood asthma

J Stokholm, J Thorsen, MJ Blaser… - Science translational …, 2020 - science.org
There have been reports of associations between cesarean section delivery and the risk of
childhood asthma, potentially mediated through changes in the gut microbiota. We followed …

A genome-wide association study identifies CDHR3 as a susceptibility locus for early childhood asthma with severe exacerbations

K Bønnelykke, P Sleiman, K Nielsen, E Kreiner-Møller… - Nature …, 2014 - nature.com
Asthma exacerbations are among the most frequent causes of hospitalization during
childhood, but the underlying mechanisms are poorly understood. We performed a genome …

Effect of vitamin D3 supplementation during pregnancy on risk of persistent wheeze in the offspring: a randomized clinical trial

BL Chawes, K Bønnelykke, J Stokholm, NH Vissing… - Jama, 2016 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Observational studies have suggested that increased dietary vitamin D intake
during pregnancy may protect against wheezing in the offspring, but the preventive effect of …

Meta-analysis of genome-wide association studies of asthma in ethnically diverse North American populations

Children's Health Study (CHS) and HARBORS study … - Nature …, 2011 - nature.com
Asthma is a common disease with a complex risk architecture including both genetic and
environmental factors. We performed a meta-analysis of North American genome-wide …

Prenatal vitamin D supplementation reduces risk of asthma/recurrent wheeze in early childhood: a combined analysis of two randomized controlled trials

HM Wolsk, BL Chawes, AA Litonjua, BW Hollis… - PloS one, 2017 - journals.plos.org
Background We recently published two independent randomized controlled trials of vitamin
D supplementation during pregnancy, both indicating a> 20% reduced risk of …

Rhinovirus wheezing illness and genetic risk of childhood-onset asthma

M Çalışkan, YA Bochkov, E Kreiner-Møller… - … England Journal of …, 2013 - Mass Medical Soc
Background Both genetic variation at the 17q21 locus and virus-induced respiratory
wheezing illnesses are associated with the development of asthma. Our aim was to …

Lung eQTLs to help reveal the molecular underpinnings of asthma

K Hao, Y Bossé, DC Nickle, PD Paré, DS Postma… - PLoS …, 2012 - journals.plos.org
Genome-wide association studies (GWAS) have identified loci reproducibly associated with
pulmonary diseases; however, the molecular mechanism underlying these associations are …