Functional variant in the autophagy-related 5 gene promotor is associated with childhood asthma.

<h4>Rationale and objective</h4>Autophagy is a cellular process directed at eliminating or recycling cellular proteins. Recently, the autophagy pathway has been implicated in immune dysfunction, the pathogenesis of inflammatory disorders, and response to viral infection. Associations bet...

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Main Authors: Lisa J Martin, Jayanta Gupta, Soma S S K Jyothula, Melinda Butsch Kovacic, Jocelyn M Biagini Myers, Tia L Patterson, Mark B Ericksen, Hua He, Aaron M Gibson, Tesfaye M Baye, Sushil Amirisetty, Anna M Tsoras, Youbao Sha, N Tony Eissa, Gurjit K Khurana Hershey
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmid/22536318/?tool=EBI