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Rising prevalence of asthma is sex-specific in a US farming population by Motika, Caroline A., MD, Papachristou, Charalampos, PhD, Abney, Mark, PhD, Lester, Lucille A., MD, Ober, Carole, PhD

“…Background Asthma prevalence is increasing worldwide in most populations, likely due to a combination of heritable factors and environmental changes…”
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Fine Mapping and Positional Candidate Studies Identify HLA-G as an Asthma Susceptibility Gene on Chromosome 6p21 by Nicolae, Dan, Cox, Nancy J., Lester, Lucille A., Schneider, Daniel, Tan, Zheng, Billstrand, Christine, Kuldanek, Susan, Donfack, Joseph, Kogut, Paul, Patel, Nina M., Goodenbour, Jeffrey, Howard, Timothy, Wolf, Raoul, Koppelman, Gerard H., White, Steven R., Parry, Rodney, Postma, Dirkje S., Meyers, Deborah, Bleecker, Eugene R., Hunt, Joan S., Solway, Julian, Ober, Carole

“…Asthma affects nearly 14 million people worldwide and has been steadily increasing in frequency for the past 50 years. Although environmental factors clearly…”
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Genomewide Screen and Identification of Gene-Gene Interactions for Asthma-Susceptibility Loci in Three U.S. Populations: Collaborative Study on the Genetics of Asthma by Xu, Jianfeng, Meyers, Deborah A., Ober, Carole, Blumenthal, Malcolm N., Mellen, Beverly, Barnes, Kathleen C., King, Richard A., Lester, Lucille A., Howard, Timothy D., Solway, Julian, Langefeld, Carl D., Beaty, Terri H., Rich, Stephen S., Bleecker, Eugene R., Cox, Nancy J.

“…The genomewide screen to search for asthma-susceptibility loci, in the Collaborative Study on the Genetics of Asthma (CSGA), has been conducted in two stages…”
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Disclosure of Genetic Research Results to Members of a Founder Population by Anderson, Rebecca L., Murray, Kathleen, Chong, Jessica X., Ouwenga, Rebecca, Antillon, Marina, Chen, Peixian, Diaz de Leon, Lorena, Swoboda, Kathryn J., Lester, Lucille A., Das, Soma, Ober, Carole, Waggoner, Darrel J.

“…There is currently extensive discussion and debate in the literature on how, when, and to whom genetic research results should be returned (see Genetics in…”
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Effect of Variation in CHI3L1 on Serum YKL-40 Level, Risk of Asthma, and Lung Function by Ober, Carole, Tan, Zheng, Sun, Ying, Possick, Jennifer D, Pan, Lin, Nicolae, Raluca, Nicolae, Dan L, Radford, Sadie, Parry, Rodney R, Heinzmann, Andrea, Deichmann, Klaus A, Lester, Lucille A, Gern, James E, Lemanske, Robert F, Elias, Jack A, Chupp, Geoffrey L

“…The chitinase-like protein YKL-40 is known to be involved in inflammation and tissue remodeling and is a biomarker of asthma severity and pulmonary function…”
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Obstructive sleep apnea in the formerly preterm infant: an overlooked diagnosis by Sharma, Preeti B, Baroody, Fuad, Gozal, David, Lester, Lucille A

“…Obstructive sleep apnea syndrome (OSA) is a frequent disorder in children. The clinical characteristics of OSA in very young children under 2 years of age, and…”
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Pediatric Pulmonology: Part 1 by Giles, B Louise, Lester, Lucille A

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Parental Understanding of Newborn Screening for Cystic Fibrosis After a Negative Sweat-Test by WALSH LANG, Colleen, MCCOLLEY, Susanna A, LESTER, Lucille A, ROSS, Lainie Friedman

“…Newborn screening for cystic fibrosis (CF) in Illinois uses an immunoreactive trypsinogen/DNA methodology; most false-positive results identify unaffected…”
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Treatment with tobramycin solution for inhalation reduces hospitalizations in young CF subjects with mild lung disease by Murphy, Timothy D., Anbar, Ran D., Lester, Lucille A., Nasr, Samya Z., Nickerson, Bruce, VanDevanter, Donald R., Colin, Andrew A.

“…Our objective was to study the effect of tobramycin solution for inhalation (TSI; TOBI®, Chiron Corp.) on lung function decline rate in 400 young persons with…”
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Variation in the Interleukin 4–Receptor α Gene Confers Susceptibility to Asthma and Atopy in Ethnically Diverse Populations by Ober, Carole, Leavitt, Stephanie A., Tsalenko, Anya, Howard, Timothy D., Hoki, Danessa M., Daniel, Rajeev, Newman, Dina L., Wu, Xiaodong, Parry, Rodney, Lester, Lucille A., Solway, Julian, Blumenthal, Malcolm, King, Richard A., Xu, Jianfeng, Meyers, Deborah A., Bleecker, Eugene R., Cox, Nancy J.

“…After a genomewide screen in the Hutterites was completed, the IL4RA gene was examined as the 16p-linked susceptibility locus for asthma and atopy. Seven known…”
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Bioavailability and safety of a high dose of docosahexaenoic acid triacylglycerol of algal origin in cystic fibrosis patients: a randomized, controlled study by Lloyd-Still, John D., Powers, Catherine A., Hoffman, Dennis R., Boyd-Trull, Katherine, Lester, Lucille A., Benisek, Diane C., Arterburn, Linda M.

“…Several studies have reported ω-3 and ω-6 fatty acid imbalances in patients with cystic fibrosis (CF). Whether these imbalances contribute to or are…”
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Variation in ITGB3 Is Associated with Asthma and Sensitization to Mold Allergen in Four Populations by Weiss, Lauren A, Lester, Lucille A, Gern, James E, Wolf, Raoul L, Parry, Rodney, Lemanske, Robert F, Solway, Julian, Ober, Carole

“…Recent genetic studies have implicated integrins in asthma and atopy susceptibility. We therefore evaluated the integrin-beta3 gene (ITGB3), an integrin gene…”
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Ethnic differences in asthma and associated phenotypes: Collaborative Study on the Genetics of Asthma by Lester, Lucille A., Rich, Stephen S., Blumenthal, Malcolm N., Togias, Alkis, Murphy, Shirley, Malveaux, Floyd, Miller, Michael E., Dunston, Georgia M., Solway, Julian, Wolf, Raoul L., Samet, Jonathan M., Marsh, David G., Meyers, Deborah A., Ober, Carole, Bleecker, Eugene R.

“…Background: In the Collaborative Study on the Genetics of Asthma, 314 families with 2584 subjects were characterized for asthma and allergy. Objective: The…”
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Effect of family history on disclosure patterns of cystic fibrosis carrier status by Ormond, Kelly E., Mills, Patti L., Lester, Lucille A., Ross, Lainie F.

“…As general population screening becomes more common, an increasing number of cystic fibrosis (CF) carriers will be identified who do not have a family history…”
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ΔF508 genotype does not predict disease severity in an ethnically diverse cystic fibrosis population by LESTER, L. A, KRAUT, J, LLOYD-STILL, J, KARRISON, T, MOTT, C, BILLSTRAND, C, LEMKE, A, OBER, C

“…As part of a study to determine population-based frequencies of CFTR mutations in an ethnically diverse, midwestern cystic fibrosis (CF) population, clinical…”
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Genome-wide association study of lung function phenotypes in a founder population by Yao, Tsung-Chieh, MD, PhD, Du, Gaixin, MS, Han, Lide, PhD, Sun, Ying, MS, Hu, Donglei, PhD, Yang, James J., PhD, Mathias, Rasika, ScD, Roth, Lindsey A., MA, Rafaels, Nicholas, MS, Thompson, Emma E., PhD, Loisel, Dagan A., PhD, Anderson, Rebecca, MS, Eng, Celeste, BS, Arruabarrena Orbegozo, Maitane, RN, Young, Melody, RN, Klocksieben, James M., BA, Anderson, Elizabeth, RN, Shanovich, Kathleen, MS, RN, Lester, Lucille A., MD, Williams, L. Keoki, MD, MPH, Barnes, Kathleen C., PhD, Burchard, Esteban G., MD, MPH, Nicolae, Dan L., PhD, Abney, Mark, PhD, Ober, Carole, PhD

“…Background Lung function is a long-term predictor of mortality and morbidity. Objective We sought to identify single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) associated…”
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Parental Understanding of Newborn Screening for Cystic Fibrosis After a Negative Sweat-Test by Lang, Colleen Walsh, McColley, Susanna A, Lester, Lucille A, Ross, Lainie Friedman

“…The current standard of care includes informing women about prenatal testing and newborn screening for cystic fibrosis and providing genetic counseling to…”
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HLA-DRB101 alleles are associated with sensitization to cockroach allergens by Donfack, Joseph, Tsalenko, Anya, Hoki, Danessa M., Parry, Rodney, Solway, Julian, Lester, Lucille A., Ober, Carole

“…Background: Sensitization to cockroach allergens is an important epidemiologic risk factor for asthma, particularly among African Americans living in urban…”
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Cystic fibrosis and gastroesophageal reflux in infancy by Thomas, D, Rothberg, R M, Lester, L A

“…Gastroesophageal reflux (GER) was initially diagnosed in two black infants, aged 5 and 9 months, as a cause of their chronic lung disease and failure to…”
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Cardiac abnormalities in children with sickle cell anemia by Lester, L A, Sodt, P C, Hutcheon, N, Arcilla, R A

“…The cardiac status of 64 children (ages 0.2 to 18 yr) with sickle cell anemia documented by hemoglobin electrophoresis was evaluated by echocardiography. Left…”
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