Nasal epithelium as a proxy for bronchial epithelium for smoking-induced gene expression and expression Quantitative Trait Loci

Kai Imkamp; Marijn Berg; Cornelis J Vermeulen; Irene H Heijink; Victor Guryev; Huib A M Kerstjens; Gerard H Koppelman; Maarten van den Berge; Alen Faiz

doi:10.1016/j.jaci.2018.01.047

Nasal epithelium as a proxy for bronchial epithelium for smoking-induced gene expression and expression Quantitative Trait Loci

J Allergy Clin Immunol. 2018 Jul;142(1):314-317.e15. doi: 10.1016/j.jaci.2018.01.047. Epub 2018 Mar 6.

Authors

Kai Imkamp¹, Marijn Berg², Cornelis J Vermeulen³, Irene H Heijink⁴, Victor Guryev⁵, Huib A M Kerstjens³, Gerard H Koppelman⁶, Maarten van den Berge³, Alen Faiz²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Pulmonology, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands; GRIAC (Groningen Research Institute for Asthma and COPD), Beatrix Children's Hospital, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands. Electronic address: [email protected].
² Department of Pulmonology, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands; GRIAC (Groningen Research Institute for Asthma and COPD), Beatrix Children's Hospital, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands; Department of Pathology & Medical Biology, Section of Medical Biology, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands.
³ Department of Pulmonology, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands; GRIAC (Groningen Research Institute for Asthma and COPD), Beatrix Children's Hospital, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands.
⁴ GRIAC (Groningen Research Institute for Asthma and COPD), Beatrix Children's Hospital, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands; Department of Pathology & Medical Biology, Section of Medical Biology, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands.
⁵ GRIAC (Groningen Research Institute for Asthma and COPD), Beatrix Children's Hospital, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands; European Research Institute for the Biology of Ageing, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands.
⁶ GRIAC (Groningen Research Institute for Asthma and COPD), Beatrix Children's Hospital, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands; Department of Pediatric Pulmonology and Pediatric Allergology, Beatrix Children's Hospital, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands.

PMID: 29522853
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaci.2018.01.047

No abstract available

Publication types

Letter
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Bronchoalveolar Lavage / methods
Gene Expression Profiling / methods*
Humans
Nasal Lavage / methods
Nasal Mucosa*
Quantitative Trait Loci*
Respiratory Mucosa*
Smoking*