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Asthma genetics 2006: the long and winding road to gene discovery.

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The methods that have been used to identify susceptibility genes for common diseases and the status of asthma genetic research are discussed and current challenges and future directions are discussed.
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Asthma and atopy are complex phenotypes that are influenced by both genetic and environmental factors. A review of nearly 500 papers on disease association studies identified 25 genes that have been associated with an asthma or atopy phenotype in six or more populations. An additional 54 genes have been associated in 2-5 populations. Here, we discuss the methods that have been used to identify susceptibility genes for common diseases and overview the status of asthma genetic research. Finally, current challenges and future directions are discussed.

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IgE in allergy and asthma today

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Asthma endotypes: A new approach to classification of disease entities within the asthma syndrome

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The ‘hygiene hypothesis’ for autoimmune and allergic diseases: an update

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Association of the adam33 gene with asthma and bronchial hyperresponsiveness

Akaluck Thatayatikom, +1 more
- 01 Aug 2003 - 
TL;DR: The identification and characterization of ADAM33, a putative asthma susceptibility gene identified by positional cloning in an outbred population, should provide insights into the pathogenesis and natural history of this common disease.
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Inference of population structure using multilocus genotype data

TL;DR: Pritch et al. as discussed by the authors proposed a model-based clustering method for using multilocus genotype data to infer population structure and assign individuals to populations, which can be applied to most of the commonly used genetic markers, provided that they are not closely linked.
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A haplotype map of the human genome

John W. Belmont, +232 more
TL;DR: A public database of common variation in the human genome: more than one million single nucleotide polymorphisms for which accurate and complete genotypes have been obtained in 269 DNA samples from four populations, including ten 500-kilobase regions in which essentially all information about common DNA variation has been extracted.
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The Future of Genetic Studies of Complex Human Diseases

TL;DR: The identification of the genetic basis of complex human diseases such as schizophrenia and diabetes has proven difficult as mentioned in this paper, and Risch and Merikangas proposed that they can best accomplish this goal by combining the power of the human genome project with association studies.
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Genomic control for association studies.

TL;DR: The performance of the genomic control method is quite good for plausible effects of liability genes, which bodes well for future genetic analyses of complex disorders.
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