Novel childhood asthma genes interact with in utero and early-life tobacco smoke exposure
Scholtens S., Postma D.S., Moffatt M.F., Panasevich S., Granell R., Henderson A.J., Melén E., Nyberg F., Pershagen G., Jarvis D., Ramasamy A., Wjst M., Svanes C., Bouzigon E., Demenais F., Kauffmann F., Siroux V., von Mutius E., Ege M.J., Braun-Fahrländer C., Genuneit J.; GABRIELA studygroup, Brunekreef B., Smit H.A., Wijga A.H., Kerkhof M., Curjuric I., Imboden M., Thun G.A., Probst-Hensch N., Freidin M.B., Bragina E.I., Deev I.A., Puzyrev V.P., Daley D., Park J., Becker A., Chan-Yeung M., Kozyrskyj A.L., Pare P., Marenholn I., Lau S., KeilT., LeeY.A., Kabesch M., Wijmenga C., Franke L., Nolte I.M., Vonk J., Kumar A., Farrall M., Cookson W.O., Strachan D.P., Koppelman G.H., Boezen H.M
Journal of allergy and clinical immunology. 2014. 133(3), 885-888.
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaci.2013.08.049
Complex diseases, including asthma, have genetic and environmental origins. Genome-wide association studies have identified multiple genes for the development of asthma, yet they only explain a limited proportion of asthma heritability. Interactions between genetic predisposition and exposure to passive smoking might explain in part the hidden heritability of childhood asthma. However, to date, this approach has not been reported for the discovery of interactions between genes and tobacco smoke exposure.