What are challenges and perspectives in gene-environment interactions in asthma and allergies? - Kauffmann and Demenais, 2012 - Article
Summary with the article: What are challenges and perspectives in gene-environment interactions in asthma and allergies? - Kauffmann and Demenais, 2012
Asthma and allergy are diseases that develop through genetic and environmental effects and their interactions. In the past most research focused on genes and the environment was seen as less important. However nowadays the focus lies more on research into gene x environment (GxE) interactions and developing new methods to identify those. However, it remains a challenge to understand the GxE interactions of complex diseases.
Gene-environment interaction can be a statistical interaction, which are all effects that are not pure main effects.
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