Letter to the Editor regarding: Epistatic effects in pathophysiology of asthma and the “missing heritability” of this disease
Year: 2014
Type: letter
Abstract: The authors of the letter try to assess the importance of Yoshikawa's paper presenting so-called epistatic effects and analyses as a tool useful for explanation of the genetic conditioning of asthma. They note that the investigations of the genetic determinants of other chronic diseases such as atherosclerosis, coronary artery disease and Parkinson's disease also encountered epistatic effects. The authors of the letter state that, in fact, the epistatic analyses it is one of possible endeavors, which try to explain so called
Source: Medical Science Monitor
DOI: 10.12659/msm.890506
Author: Piotr Z. Brewczyński
Language: English
Subfield: Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: hybrid
OpenAlex ID: W1997384234