Nature Communications (Jan 2020)

Eighty-eight variants highlight the role of T cell regulation and airway remodeling in asthma pathogenesis

  • Thorunn A. Olafsdottir,
  • Fannar Theodors,
  • Kristbjorg Bjarnadottir,
  • Unnur Steina Bjornsdottir,
  • Arna B. Agustsdottir,
  • Olafur A. Stefansson,
  • Erna V. Ivarsdottir,
  • Jon K. Sigurdsson,
  • Stefania Benonisdottir,
  • Gudmundur I. Eyjolfsson,
  • David Gislason,
  • Thorarinn Gislason,
  • Steinunn Guðmundsdóttir,
  • Arnaldur Gylfason,
  • Bjarni V. Halldorsson,
  • Gisli H. Halldorsson,
  • Thorhildur Juliusdottir,
  • Anna M. Kristinsdottir,
  • Dora Ludviksdottir,
  • Bjorn R. Ludviksson,
  • Gisli Masson,
  • Kristjan Norland,
  • Pall T. Onundarson,
  • Isleifur Olafsson,
  • Olof Sigurdardottir,
  • Lilja Stefansdottir,
  • Gardar Sveinbjornsson,
  • Vinicius Tragante,
  • Daniel F. Gudbjartsson,
  • Gudmar Thorleifsson,
  • Patrick Sulem,
  • Unnur Thorsteinsdottir,
  • Gudmundur L. Norddahl,
  • Ingileif Jonsdottir,
  • Kari Stefansson

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-14144-8
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 11, no. 1
pp. 1 – 11

Abstract

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Asthma is a common allergic airway disease with significant inter-individual heterogeneity. Here, Olafsdottir et al. report a genome-wide meta-analysis of two large population-based cohorts to identify sequence variants that associate with asthma risk and perform follow-up functional analyses on a protective loss-of-function variant in TNFRSF8.