Eleven loci with new reproducible genetic associations with allergic disease risk

A recent genome-wide association study (GWAS) identified 99 loci that contain genetic risk variants shared between asthma, hay fever and eczema. Many more risk loci shared between these common allergic diseases remain to be discovered, which could point to new therapeutic opportunities.

Source: Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology - April 18, 2018 Category: Allergy & Immunology Authors: Manuel AR. Ferreira, Judith M. Vonk, Hansj örg Baurecht, Ingo Marenholz, Chao Tian, Joshua D. Hoffman, Quinta Helmer, Annika Tillander, Vilhelmina Ullemar, Yi Lu, Franz Rüschendorf, the 23andMe Research Team, collaborators of the SHARE study, David A. H Source Type: research