Differential DNA methylation profiles of peripheral blood mononuclear cells in allergic asthmatic children following dust mite immunotherapy

Background/Purpose: Allergen-specific immunotherapy (SIT) is now considered curative to allergic diseases such as asthma. Mechanistically, our previous work showed DNA hypermethylation of cytokine genes, in T-helper cells, in allergic asthmatic children treated with allergen-SIT. In this study, we e...

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Main Authors: Chuang-Ming Wang, Chia-Bin Chang, Shiao-Pieng Lee, Michael W-Y Chan, Shu-Fen Wu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2020-12-01
Series:Journal of Microbiology, Immunology and Infection
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1684118220301456