author_facet Li, X.
Hastie, A. T.
Hawkins, G. A.
Moore, W. C.
Ampleford, E. J.
Milosevic, J.
Li, H.
Busse, W. W.
Erzurum, S. C.
Kaminski, N.
Wenzel, S. E.
Meyers, D. A.
Bleecker, E. R.
Li, X.
Hastie, A. T.
Hawkins, G. A.
Moore, W. C.
Ampleford, E. J.
Milosevic, J.
Li, H.
Busse, W. W.
Erzurum, S. C.
Kaminski, N.
Wenzel, S. E.
Meyers, D. A.
Bleecker, E. R.
author Li, X.
Hastie, A. T.
Hawkins, G. A.
Moore, W. C.
Ampleford, E. J.
Milosevic, J.
Li, H.
Busse, W. W.
Erzurum, S. C.
Kaminski, N.
Wenzel, S. E.
Meyers, D. A.
Bleecker, E. R.
spellingShingle Li, X.
Hastie, A. T.
Hawkins, G. A.
Moore, W. C.
Ampleford, E. J.
Milosevic, J.
Li, H.
Busse, W. W.
Erzurum, S. C.
Kaminski, N.
Wenzel, S. E.
Meyers, D. A.
Bleecker, E. R.
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eQTL of bronchial epithelial cells and bronchial alveolar lavage deciphers GWAS‐identified asthma genes
Immunology
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We sought to dissect functional genes/<jats:styled-content style="fixed-case">SNP</jats:styled-content>s for asthma by combining expression quantitative trait loci (<jats:styled-content style="fixed-case">eQTL</jats:styled-content>s) and <jats:styled-content style="fixed-case">GWAS</jats:styled-content>s.</jats:p></jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Methods</jats:title><jats:p><jats:italic>Cis</jats:italic>‐<jats:styled-content style="fixed-case">eQTL</jats:styled-content> analyses of 34 asthma genes were performed in cells from human bronchial epithelial biopsy (<jats:styled-content style="fixed-case">BEC</jats:styled-content>,<jats:italic> n</jats:italic> = 107) and from bronchial alveolar lavage (<jats:styled-content style="fixed-case">BAL</jats:styled-content>,<jats:italic> n</jats:italic> = 94).</jats:p></jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Results</jats:title><jats:p>For <jats:italic><jats:styled-content style="fixed-case">TSLP</jats:styled-content>‐<jats:styled-content style="fixed-case">WDR</jats:styled-content>36</jats:italic> region, rs3806932 (G allele protective against eosinophilic esophagitis) and rs2416257 (A allele associated with lower eosinophil counts and protective against asthma) were correlated with decreased expression of <jats:italic><jats:styled-content style="fixed-case">TSLP</jats:styled-content></jats:italic> in <jats:styled-content style="fixed-case">BAL</jats:styled-content> (<jats:italic>P </jats:italic>=<jats:italic> </jats:italic>7.9 × 10<jats:sup>−11</jats:sup> and 5.4 × 10<jats:sup>−4</jats:sup>, respectively) and <jats:styled-content style="fixed-case">BEC</jats:styled-content>, but not <jats:italic><jats:styled-content style="fixed-case">WDR</jats:styled-content>36</jats:italic>. Surprisingly, rs1837253 (consistently associated with asthma) showed no correlation with <jats:italic><jats:styled-content style="fixed-case">TSLP</jats:styled-content></jats:italic> expression levels. For <jats:italic><jats:styled-content style="fixed-case">ORMDL</jats:styled-content>3‐<jats:styled-content style="fixed-case">GSDMB</jats:styled-content></jats:italic> region, rs8067378 (G allele protective against asthma) was correlated with decreased expression of <jats:italic><jats:styled-content style="fixed-case">GSDMB</jats:styled-content></jats:italic> in <jats:styled-content style="fixed-case">BEC</jats:styled-content> and <jats:styled-content style="fixed-case">BAL</jats:styled-content> (<jats:italic>P </jats:italic>=<jats:italic> </jats:italic>1.3 × 10<jats:sup>−4</jats:sup> and 0.04) but not <jats:italic><jats:styled-content style="fixed-case">ORMDL</jats:styled-content>3</jats:italic>. rs992969 in the promoter region of <jats:italic><jats:styled-content style="fixed-case">IL</jats:styled-content>33</jats:italic> (A allele associated with higher eosinophil counts and risk for asthma) was correlated with increased expression of <jats:italic><jats:styled-content style="fixed-case">IL</jats:styled-content>33</jats:italic> in <jats:styled-content style="fixed-case">BEC</jats:styled-content> (<jats:italic>P </jats:italic>=<jats:italic> </jats:italic>1.3 × 10<jats:sup>−6</jats:sup>) but not in <jats:styled-content style="fixed-case">BAL</jats:styled-content>.</jats:p></jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Conclusions</jats:title><jats:p>Our study illustrates cell‐type‐specific regulation of the expression of asthma‐related genes documenting <jats:styled-content style="fixed-case">SNP</jats:styled-content>s in <jats:italic><jats:styled-content style="fixed-case">TSLP</jats:styled-content></jats:italic>,<jats:italic> <jats:styled-content style="fixed-case">GSDMB</jats:styled-content></jats:italic>,<jats:italic> <jats:styled-content style="fixed-case">IL</jats:styled-content>33</jats:italic>,<jats:italic> <jats:styled-content style="fixed-case">HLA</jats:styled-content>‐<jats:styled-content style="fixed-case">DQB</jats:styled-content>1</jats:italic>,<jats:italic> C11orf30</jats:italic>,<jats:italic> <jats:styled-content style="fixed-case">DEXI</jats:styled-content></jats:italic>,<jats:italic> <jats:styled-content style="fixed-case">CDHR</jats:styled-content>3</jats:italic>, and <jats:italic><jats:styled-content style="fixed-case">ZBTB</jats:styled-content>10</jats:italic> affect asthma risk through <jats:italic>cis</jats:italic>‐regulation of its gene expression. Whenever possible, disease‐relevant tissues should be used for transcription analysis. <jats:styled-content style="fixed-case">SNP</jats:styled-content>s in <jats:italic><jats:styled-content style="fixed-case">TSLP</jats:styled-content></jats:italic> may affect asthma risk through up‐regulating <jats:italic><jats:styled-content style="fixed-case">TSLP</jats:styled-content></jats:italic> <jats:styled-content style="fixed-case">mRNA</jats:styled-content> expression or protein secretion. Further functional studies are warranted.</jats:p></jats:sec> <scp>eQTL</scp> of bronchial epithelial cells and bronchial alveolar lavage deciphers <scp>GWAS</scp>‐identified asthma genes Allergy
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title eQTL of bronchial epithelial cells and bronchial alveolar lavage deciphers GWAS‐identified asthma genes
title_unstemmed eQTL of bronchial epithelial cells and bronchial alveolar lavage deciphers GWAS‐identified asthma genes
title_full eQTL of bronchial epithelial cells and bronchial alveolar lavage deciphers GWAS‐identified asthma genes
title_fullStr eQTL of bronchial epithelial cells and bronchial alveolar lavage deciphers GWAS‐identified asthma genes
title_full_unstemmed eQTL of bronchial epithelial cells and bronchial alveolar lavage deciphers GWAS‐identified asthma genes
title_short eQTL of bronchial epithelial cells and bronchial alveolar lavage deciphers GWAS‐identified asthma genes
title_sort <scp>eqtl</scp> of bronchial epithelial cells and bronchial alveolar lavage deciphers <scp>gwas</scp>‐identified asthma genes
topic Immunology
Immunology and Allergy
url http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/all.12683
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description <jats:title>Abstract</jats:title><jats:sec><jats:title>Background</jats:title><jats:p>Genome‐wide association studies (<jats:styled-content style="fixed-case">GWAS</jats:styled-content>s) have identified various genes associated with asthma, yet, causal genes or single nucleotide polymorphisms (<jats:styled-content style="fixed-case">SNP</jats:styled-content>s) remain elusive. We sought to dissect functional genes/<jats:styled-content style="fixed-case">SNP</jats:styled-content>s for asthma by combining expression quantitative trait loci (<jats:styled-content style="fixed-case">eQTL</jats:styled-content>s) and <jats:styled-content style="fixed-case">GWAS</jats:styled-content>s.</jats:p></jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Methods</jats:title><jats:p><jats:italic>Cis</jats:italic>‐<jats:styled-content style="fixed-case">eQTL</jats:styled-content> analyses of 34 asthma genes were performed in cells from human bronchial epithelial biopsy (<jats:styled-content style="fixed-case">BEC</jats:styled-content>,<jats:italic> n</jats:italic> = 107) and from bronchial alveolar lavage (<jats:styled-content style="fixed-case">BAL</jats:styled-content>,<jats:italic> n</jats:italic> = 94).</jats:p></jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Results</jats:title><jats:p>For <jats:italic><jats:styled-content style="fixed-case">TSLP</jats:styled-content>‐<jats:styled-content style="fixed-case">WDR</jats:styled-content>36</jats:italic> region, rs3806932 (G allele protective against eosinophilic esophagitis) and rs2416257 (A allele associated with lower eosinophil counts and protective against asthma) were correlated with decreased expression of <jats:italic><jats:styled-content style="fixed-case">TSLP</jats:styled-content></jats:italic> in <jats:styled-content style="fixed-case">BAL</jats:styled-content> (<jats:italic>P </jats:italic>=<jats:italic> </jats:italic>7.9 × 10<jats:sup>−11</jats:sup> and 5.4 × 10<jats:sup>−4</jats:sup>, respectively) and <jats:styled-content style="fixed-case">BEC</jats:styled-content>, but not <jats:italic><jats:styled-content style="fixed-case">WDR</jats:styled-content>36</jats:italic>. Surprisingly, rs1837253 (consistently associated with asthma) showed no correlation with <jats:italic><jats:styled-content style="fixed-case">TSLP</jats:styled-content></jats:italic> expression levels. For <jats:italic><jats:styled-content style="fixed-case">ORMDL</jats:styled-content>3‐<jats:styled-content style="fixed-case">GSDMB</jats:styled-content></jats:italic> region, rs8067378 (G allele protective against asthma) was correlated with decreased expression of <jats:italic><jats:styled-content style="fixed-case">GSDMB</jats:styled-content></jats:italic> in <jats:styled-content style="fixed-case">BEC</jats:styled-content> and <jats:styled-content style="fixed-case">BAL</jats:styled-content> (<jats:italic>P </jats:italic>=<jats:italic> </jats:italic>1.3 × 10<jats:sup>−4</jats:sup> and 0.04) but not <jats:italic><jats:styled-content style="fixed-case">ORMDL</jats:styled-content>3</jats:italic>. rs992969 in the promoter region of <jats:italic><jats:styled-content style="fixed-case">IL</jats:styled-content>33</jats:italic> (A allele associated with higher eosinophil counts and risk for asthma) was correlated with increased expression of <jats:italic><jats:styled-content style="fixed-case">IL</jats:styled-content>33</jats:italic> in <jats:styled-content style="fixed-case">BEC</jats:styled-content> (<jats:italic>P </jats:italic>=<jats:italic> </jats:italic>1.3 × 10<jats:sup>−6</jats:sup>) but not in <jats:styled-content style="fixed-case">BAL</jats:styled-content>.</jats:p></jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Conclusions</jats:title><jats:p>Our study illustrates cell‐type‐specific regulation of the expression of asthma‐related genes documenting <jats:styled-content style="fixed-case">SNP</jats:styled-content>s in <jats:italic><jats:styled-content style="fixed-case">TSLP</jats:styled-content></jats:italic>,<jats:italic> <jats:styled-content style="fixed-case">GSDMB</jats:styled-content></jats:italic>,<jats:italic> <jats:styled-content style="fixed-case">IL</jats:styled-content>33</jats:italic>,<jats:italic> <jats:styled-content style="fixed-case">HLA</jats:styled-content>‐<jats:styled-content style="fixed-case">DQB</jats:styled-content>1</jats:italic>,<jats:italic> C11orf30</jats:italic>,<jats:italic> <jats:styled-content style="fixed-case">DEXI</jats:styled-content></jats:italic>,<jats:italic> <jats:styled-content style="fixed-case">CDHR</jats:styled-content>3</jats:italic>, and <jats:italic><jats:styled-content style="fixed-case">ZBTB</jats:styled-content>10</jats:italic> affect asthma risk through <jats:italic>cis</jats:italic>‐regulation of its gene expression. Whenever possible, disease‐relevant tissues should be used for transcription analysis. <jats:styled-content style="fixed-case">SNP</jats:styled-content>s in <jats:italic><jats:styled-content style="fixed-case">TSLP</jats:styled-content></jats:italic> may affect asthma risk through up‐regulating <jats:italic><jats:styled-content style="fixed-case">TSLP</jats:styled-content></jats:italic> <jats:styled-content style="fixed-case">mRNA</jats:styled-content> expression or protein secretion. Further functional studies are warranted.</jats:p></jats:sec>
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We sought to dissect functional genes/<jats:styled-content style="fixed-case">SNP</jats:styled-content>s for asthma by combining expression quantitative trait loci (<jats:styled-content style="fixed-case">eQTL</jats:styled-content>s) and <jats:styled-content style="fixed-case">GWAS</jats:styled-content>s.</jats:p></jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Methods</jats:title><jats:p><jats:italic>Cis</jats:italic>‐<jats:styled-content style="fixed-case">eQTL</jats:styled-content> analyses of 34 asthma genes were performed in cells from human bronchial epithelial biopsy (<jats:styled-content style="fixed-case">BEC</jats:styled-content>,<jats:italic> n</jats:italic> = 107) and from bronchial alveolar lavage (<jats:styled-content style="fixed-case">BAL</jats:styled-content>,<jats:italic> n</jats:italic> = 94).</jats:p></jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Results</jats:title><jats:p>For <jats:italic><jats:styled-content style="fixed-case">TSLP</jats:styled-content>‐<jats:styled-content style="fixed-case">WDR</jats:styled-content>36</jats:italic> region, rs3806932 (G allele protective against eosinophilic esophagitis) and rs2416257 (A allele associated with lower eosinophil counts and protective against asthma) were correlated with decreased expression of <jats:italic><jats:styled-content style="fixed-case">TSLP</jats:styled-content></jats:italic> in <jats:styled-content style="fixed-case">BAL</jats:styled-content> (<jats:italic>P </jats:italic>=<jats:italic> </jats:italic>7.9 × 10<jats:sup>−11</jats:sup> and 5.4 × 10<jats:sup>−4</jats:sup>, respectively) and <jats:styled-content style="fixed-case">BEC</jats:styled-content>, but not <jats:italic><jats:styled-content style="fixed-case">WDR</jats:styled-content>36</jats:italic>. Surprisingly, rs1837253 (consistently associated with asthma) showed no correlation with <jats:italic><jats:styled-content style="fixed-case">TSLP</jats:styled-content></jats:italic> expression levels. For <jats:italic><jats:styled-content style="fixed-case">ORMDL</jats:styled-content>3‐<jats:styled-content style="fixed-case">GSDMB</jats:styled-content></jats:italic> region, rs8067378 (G allele protective against asthma) was correlated with decreased expression of <jats:italic><jats:styled-content style="fixed-case">GSDMB</jats:styled-content></jats:italic> in <jats:styled-content style="fixed-case">BEC</jats:styled-content> and <jats:styled-content style="fixed-case">BAL</jats:styled-content> (<jats:italic>P </jats:italic>=<jats:italic> </jats:italic>1.3 × 10<jats:sup>−4</jats:sup> and 0.04) but not <jats:italic><jats:styled-content style="fixed-case">ORMDL</jats:styled-content>3</jats:italic>. rs992969 in the promoter region of <jats:italic><jats:styled-content style="fixed-case">IL</jats:styled-content>33</jats:italic> (A allele associated with higher eosinophil counts and risk for asthma) was correlated with increased expression of <jats:italic><jats:styled-content style="fixed-case">IL</jats:styled-content>33</jats:italic> in <jats:styled-content style="fixed-case">BEC</jats:styled-content> (<jats:italic>P </jats:italic>=<jats:italic> </jats:italic>1.3 × 10<jats:sup>−6</jats:sup>) but not in <jats:styled-content style="fixed-case">BAL</jats:styled-content>.</jats:p></jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Conclusions</jats:title><jats:p>Our study illustrates cell‐type‐specific regulation of the expression of asthma‐related genes documenting <jats:styled-content style="fixed-case">SNP</jats:styled-content>s in <jats:italic><jats:styled-content style="fixed-case">TSLP</jats:styled-content></jats:italic>,<jats:italic> <jats:styled-content style="fixed-case">GSDMB</jats:styled-content></jats:italic>,<jats:italic> <jats:styled-content style="fixed-case">IL</jats:styled-content>33</jats:italic>,<jats:italic> <jats:styled-content style="fixed-case">HLA</jats:styled-content>‐<jats:styled-content style="fixed-case">DQB</jats:styled-content>1</jats:italic>,<jats:italic> C11orf30</jats:italic>,<jats:italic> <jats:styled-content style="fixed-case">DEXI</jats:styled-content></jats:italic>,<jats:italic> <jats:styled-content style="fixed-case">CDHR</jats:styled-content>3</jats:italic>, and <jats:italic><jats:styled-content style="fixed-case">ZBTB</jats:styled-content>10</jats:italic> affect asthma risk through <jats:italic>cis</jats:italic>‐regulation of its gene expression. Whenever possible, disease‐relevant tissues should be used for transcription analysis. <jats:styled-content style="fixed-case">SNP</jats:styled-content>s in <jats:italic><jats:styled-content style="fixed-case">TSLP</jats:styled-content></jats:italic> may affect asthma risk through up‐regulating <jats:italic><jats:styled-content style="fixed-case">TSLP</jats:styled-content></jats:italic> <jats:styled-content style="fixed-case">mRNA</jats:styled-content> expression or protein secretion. Further functional studies are warranted.</jats:p></jats:sec>
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spelling Li, X. Hastie, A. T. Hawkins, G. A. Moore, W. C. Ampleford, E. J. Milosevic, J. Li, H. Busse, W. W. Erzurum, S. C. Kaminski, N. Wenzel, S. E. Meyers, D. A. Bleecker, E. R. 0105-4538 1398-9995 Wiley Immunology Immunology and Allergy http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/all.12683 <jats:title>Abstract</jats:title><jats:sec><jats:title>Background</jats:title><jats:p>Genome‐wide association studies (<jats:styled-content style="fixed-case">GWAS</jats:styled-content>s) have identified various genes associated with asthma, yet, causal genes or single nucleotide polymorphisms (<jats:styled-content style="fixed-case">SNP</jats:styled-content>s) remain elusive. We sought to dissect functional genes/<jats:styled-content style="fixed-case">SNP</jats:styled-content>s for asthma by combining expression quantitative trait loci (<jats:styled-content style="fixed-case">eQTL</jats:styled-content>s) and <jats:styled-content style="fixed-case">GWAS</jats:styled-content>s.</jats:p></jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Methods</jats:title><jats:p><jats:italic>Cis</jats:italic>‐<jats:styled-content style="fixed-case">eQTL</jats:styled-content> analyses of 34 asthma genes were performed in cells from human bronchial epithelial biopsy (<jats:styled-content style="fixed-case">BEC</jats:styled-content>,<jats:italic> n</jats:italic> = 107) and from bronchial alveolar lavage (<jats:styled-content style="fixed-case">BAL</jats:styled-content>,<jats:italic> n</jats:italic> = 94).</jats:p></jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Results</jats:title><jats:p>For <jats:italic><jats:styled-content style="fixed-case">TSLP</jats:styled-content>‐<jats:styled-content style="fixed-case">WDR</jats:styled-content>36</jats:italic> region, rs3806932 (G allele protective against eosinophilic esophagitis) and rs2416257 (A allele associated with lower eosinophil counts and protective against asthma) were correlated with decreased expression of <jats:italic><jats:styled-content style="fixed-case">TSLP</jats:styled-content></jats:italic> in <jats:styled-content style="fixed-case">BAL</jats:styled-content> (<jats:italic>P </jats:italic>=<jats:italic> </jats:italic>7.9 × 10<jats:sup>−11</jats:sup> and 5.4 × 10<jats:sup>−4</jats:sup>, respectively) and <jats:styled-content style="fixed-case">BEC</jats:styled-content>, but not <jats:italic><jats:styled-content style="fixed-case">WDR</jats:styled-content>36</jats:italic>. Surprisingly, rs1837253 (consistently associated with asthma) showed no correlation with <jats:italic><jats:styled-content style="fixed-case">TSLP</jats:styled-content></jats:italic> expression levels. For <jats:italic><jats:styled-content style="fixed-case">ORMDL</jats:styled-content>3‐<jats:styled-content style="fixed-case">GSDMB</jats:styled-content></jats:italic> region, rs8067378 (G allele protective against asthma) was correlated with decreased expression of <jats:italic><jats:styled-content style="fixed-case">GSDMB</jats:styled-content></jats:italic> in <jats:styled-content style="fixed-case">BEC</jats:styled-content> and <jats:styled-content style="fixed-case">BAL</jats:styled-content> (<jats:italic>P </jats:italic>=<jats:italic> </jats:italic>1.3 × 10<jats:sup>−4</jats:sup> and 0.04) but not <jats:italic><jats:styled-content style="fixed-case">ORMDL</jats:styled-content>3</jats:italic>. rs992969 in the promoter region of <jats:italic><jats:styled-content style="fixed-case">IL</jats:styled-content>33</jats:italic> (A allele associated with higher eosinophil counts and risk for asthma) was correlated with increased expression of <jats:italic><jats:styled-content style="fixed-case">IL</jats:styled-content>33</jats:italic> in <jats:styled-content style="fixed-case">BEC</jats:styled-content> (<jats:italic>P </jats:italic>=<jats:italic> </jats:italic>1.3 × 10<jats:sup>−6</jats:sup>) but not in <jats:styled-content style="fixed-case">BAL</jats:styled-content>.</jats:p></jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Conclusions</jats:title><jats:p>Our study illustrates cell‐type‐specific regulation of the expression of asthma‐related genes documenting <jats:styled-content style="fixed-case">SNP</jats:styled-content>s in <jats:italic><jats:styled-content style="fixed-case">TSLP</jats:styled-content></jats:italic>,<jats:italic> <jats:styled-content style="fixed-case">GSDMB</jats:styled-content></jats:italic>,<jats:italic> <jats:styled-content style="fixed-case">IL</jats:styled-content>33</jats:italic>,<jats:italic> <jats:styled-content style="fixed-case">HLA</jats:styled-content>‐<jats:styled-content style="fixed-case">DQB</jats:styled-content>1</jats:italic>,<jats:italic> C11orf30</jats:italic>,<jats:italic> <jats:styled-content style="fixed-case">DEXI</jats:styled-content></jats:italic>,<jats:italic> <jats:styled-content style="fixed-case">CDHR</jats:styled-content>3</jats:italic>, and <jats:italic><jats:styled-content style="fixed-case">ZBTB</jats:styled-content>10</jats:italic> affect asthma risk through <jats:italic>cis</jats:italic>‐regulation of its gene expression. Whenever possible, disease‐relevant tissues should be used for transcription analysis. <jats:styled-content style="fixed-case">SNP</jats:styled-content>s in <jats:italic><jats:styled-content style="fixed-case">TSLP</jats:styled-content></jats:italic> may affect asthma risk through up‐regulating <jats:italic><jats:styled-content style="fixed-case">TSLP</jats:styled-content></jats:italic> <jats:styled-content style="fixed-case">mRNA</jats:styled-content> expression or protein secretion. Further functional studies are warranted.</jats:p></jats:sec> <scp>eQTL</scp> of bronchial epithelial cells and bronchial alveolar lavage deciphers <scp>GWAS</scp>‐identified asthma genes Allergy
spellingShingle Li, X., Hastie, A. T., Hawkins, G. A., Moore, W. C., Ampleford, E. J., Milosevic, J., Li, H., Busse, W. W., Erzurum, S. C., Kaminski, N., Wenzel, S. E., Meyers, D. A., Bleecker, E. R., Allergy, eQTL of bronchial epithelial cells and bronchial alveolar lavage deciphers GWAS‐identified asthma genes, Immunology, Immunology and Allergy
title eQTL of bronchial epithelial cells and bronchial alveolar lavage deciphers GWAS‐identified asthma genes
title_full eQTL of bronchial epithelial cells and bronchial alveolar lavage deciphers GWAS‐identified asthma genes
title_fullStr eQTL of bronchial epithelial cells and bronchial alveolar lavage deciphers GWAS‐identified asthma genes
title_full_unstemmed eQTL of bronchial epithelial cells and bronchial alveolar lavage deciphers GWAS‐identified asthma genes
title_short eQTL of bronchial epithelial cells and bronchial alveolar lavage deciphers GWAS‐identified asthma genes
title_sort <scp>eqtl</scp> of bronchial epithelial cells and bronchial alveolar lavage deciphers <scp>gwas</scp>‐identified asthma genes
title_unstemmed eQTL of bronchial epithelial cells and bronchial alveolar lavage deciphers GWAS‐identified asthma genes
topic Immunology, Immunology and Allergy
url http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/all.12683