Genome-wide association study identifies peanut allergy-specific loci and evidence of epigenetic mediation in US children

Xiumei Hong1,*, Ke Hao2,*, Christine Ladd-Acosta3,*, Kasper D. Hansen4,5, Hui-Ju Tsai6,7,8, Xin Liu6,9, Xin Xu10, Timothy A. Thornton11, Deanna Caruso1, Corinne A. Keet3,12, Yifei Sun4, Guoying Wang1, Wei Luo2,13, Rajesh Kumar14, Ramsay Fuleihan14, Anne Marie Singh15, Jennifer S. Kim14,16, Rachel E. Story14,17, Ruchi S. Gupta6, Peisong Gao18, Zhu Chen1, Sheila O. Walker1, Tami R. Bartell6, Terri H. Beaty3, M. Daniele Fallin19, Robert Schleimer20, Patrick G. Holt21, Kari Christine Nadeau22, Robert A. Wood12, Jacqueline A. Pongracic14, Daniel E. Weeks23 & Xiaobin Wang1,24

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