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ABSTRACT:
SUBMITTER: Noguchi E
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3140987 | biostudies-literature | 2011 Jul
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
PLoS genetics 20110721 7
Asthma is a complex phenotype influenced by genetic and environmental factors. We conducted a genome-wide association study (GWAS) with 938 Japanese pediatric asthma patients and 2,376 controls. Single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) showing strong associations (P<1×10(-8)) in GWAS were further genotyped in an independent Japanese samples (818 cases and 1,032 controls) and in Korean samples (835 cases and 421 controls). SNP rs987870, located between HLA-DPA1 and HLA-DPB1, was consistently associ ...[more]