Nasal DNA methylation differentiates severe from non-severe asthma in African-American children.
Tao ZhuXue ZhangXiaoting ChenAnthony P BrownMatthew T WeirauchTheresa W GuilbertGurjit K Khurana HersheyJocelyn M BiaginiHong JiPublished in: Allergy (2020)
Significant differences in nasal epithelial DNAm were observed between nonsevere and severe asthma in African American children, a subset of which may be useful to predict disease severity. These CpG sites are subjected to the influences of environmental exposures and may regulate gene expression.