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SUBMITTER: Anvari S
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4742940 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
American journal of respiratory cell and molecular biology 20151201 6
Histamine is an important mediator in the pathogenesis of asthma. Variation in genes along the histamine production, response, and degradation pathway may be important in predicting response to antihistamines. We hypothesize that differences exist among single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in genes of the histamine pathway between children with allergic versus nonallergic asthma. Children (7-18 yr of age; n = 202) with asthma were classified as allergic or nonallergic based on allergy skin tes ...[more]